Crypto corporations contributed $206 million to super PACs and hybrid PACs through the second quarter of 2026, according to Public Citizen's Aug. 27 analysis of FEC records. That makes the industry the largest disclosed corporate donor sector tracked in this midterm cycle. Yet that figure doesn't capture how much of the amount has reached a […]
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Treasury also says the Iranian exchange moved Hormuz Safe payments to the regime, without equating that stream with the IRGC total.
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Treasury said the previously sanctioned Hormuz Safe platform used BitBank to transfer payments collected since June.
Online merchants can apply by Oct. 27 for the controlled 2027 pilot, while issuance remains contingent on EU legislation.
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DOJ says confidential token-listing plans fueled perpetual-futures trades ahead of Robinhood announcements.
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Celsius Network’s bankruptcy estate has sued BitMEX over a 2020 liquidation cascade it says cost more than 6,360 Bitcoin. The complaint, filed Sept. 12 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses entities behind the crypto derivatives exchange of fraud, market manipulation and wrongful liquidations during Bitcoin’s historic March 2020 […]
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The September 14 complaint targets ten Tron addresses frozen in 2025 and outlines a planned transfer into FBI custody.
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According to prosecutors, the two took positions in tokens ahead of Robinhood’s public listing announcements between 2025 and 2026.
Prosecutors alleged that two Chinese companies used Binance to launder those funds to Iran and its proxies.
App and URL takedown notices raise disruption risks, but completed blocks and withdrawal limits remain unconfirmed.
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DOJ seized Telegram channels and two wallets while OFAC sanctioned Xinbi and the developers behind SafeW and XinbiPay.
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USDT spreads dollar claims and Treasury funding demand while Tether keeps reserve ownership, portfolio control and gains above face value.
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Prosecutors say the group stole and laundered more than $245 million in crypto, spending proceeds on club parties, private jets and exotic cars.
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Alan Lane’s new Silvergate account raises a question for crypto trust banks: how much protection survives a change in supervisors?
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Malone Lam pleaded guilty for his role in leading an international "social engineering" scheme, stealing $245 million worth in cryptocurrency.
Polish prosecutors charged Roman Ż. with two offenses following his arrest on Sept. 5 as part of an investigation into Zondacrypto.
Adam Aron threatened legal and SEC scrutiny; Robinhood's legal chief said the Jersey-issued debt product will remain.
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The preliminary injunction lasts until final order, adds a futures broker notice duty and lands amid an appellate split.
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The existing order no longer restrains the company, while its proposed first raise covers just 1.51% of an $827 million Bitcoin target before allocation.
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Revolut filed with the OCC and FDIC on March 4 to establish Revolut Bank US, an insured national bank that would take deposits, issue credit cards, make loans, and connect directly to Fedwire and ACH. Nearly six months later, that application remains pending, while federal regulators have spent the same stretch conditionally approving or converting […]
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DOJ says three 2025 warrants seized more than $560,000 before captured systems enabled agents to obtain additional donations.
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The affidavit must explain legal-payment sources, while any penalty would still require a further Techteryx application.
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Licensed operators must add recipient data to transfers, collect extra details above 30,000 baht and verify some self-hosted wallets.
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Corporate political donations hit a record $646 million over the 18 months through June, according to Public Citizen's analysis of FEC filings. Crypto political spending led every other corporate sector at $206 million, while crypto, AI, and online betting together accounted for $344 million, more than half the total. The GENIUS Act already created a […]
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CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid's pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis reviewed by CoinDesk found that wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group had sold more than $30 million of Bitcoin through Hyperliquid over the prior three weeks. The proceeds were […]
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CEL Solicitors says it has traced more than 5,500 BTC that it believes belong to former users of Intersango, an early Bitcoin exchange that disappeared more than a decade ago. At Bitcoin’s current price near $78,824, those coins carry a value of roughly $433.5 million. One former UK customer has already recovered 61 BTC from […]
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Strategy has challenged MSCI's proposed “non-operating company” screen by tying it to a regulatory argument MSCI made four years ago in a letter shared on Aug. 31. The Bitcoin treasury company says the new methodology requires MSCI to judge whether Bitcoin belongs inside an operating business. That puts MSCI's 2022 defense to the Securities and […]
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Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz was detained as part of an investigation into digital asset platform ZondaCrypto.
A wallet tagged to the US government moved a small amount of Bitcoin linked to assets seized from Alameda Research's Binance.US accounts. The movement revives a familiar fear that Washington could be preparing to liquidate more of its forfeited Bitcoin stash. Bitcoin deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve “shall not be sold” under President Donald […]
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A federal jury convicted Las Vegas businessman Brent Kovar in a $24 million cryptocurrency scheme involving at least 400 investors.