Feb 11, 2026

UK Regulator Launches Enforcement Action Against HTX Over Illegal Financial Prom...

The FCA has begun legal proceedings against the exchange for “illegally promoting crypto asset services to UK consumers.”

Feb 11, 2026

Bithumb’s Bitcoin Blunder Puts Burden on Users as Legal Case Favors Civil Recove...

Legal experts say civil claims offer Bithumb the clearest route to recovering Bitcoin mistakenly distributed in a $43 billion erro...

Feb 10, 2026

SafeMoon CEO Gets 8 Years in Prison for Crypto Fraud Scheme

Braden Karony, the CEO of SafeMoon, was sentenced to 100 months in prison for his role in a crypto fraud scheme that cost victims...

Feb 10, 2026

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial After Firing Attorney

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appears to be claiming he has discovered new evidence in his case that could lead to a jury acqui...

Feb 10, 2026

CFTC's 'Top Cop' Legal Team Eliminated Amid Embrace of Crypto, Prediction Market...

The agency’s flagship Chicago office now has zero enforcement attorneys, according to a report. In the last year, monetary relief...

Feb 10, 2026

US Sentences Fugitive to 20 Years Over $73 Million Crypto Scam

The sentence was handed down in absentia after prosecutors said the defendant cut off an ankle monitor and fled supervision.

Feb 10, 2026

Fintechs Back Fed Payments Account That Could Open Rails to Crypto Firms

Fintech groups are pressing the Fed to loosen payment access for non-banks, setting up a clash with banks over risk and crypto exp...

Feb 09, 2026

Polymarket Sues Massachusetts Ahead of Looming Ban of Kalshi Sports Markets

With temporary bans of prediction markets poised to take effect in Massachusetts and Nevada, Polymarket is asking a federal court...

Feb 09, 2026

Investigators Circle as Bithumb Reveals Compensation Plan for $43 Billion Bitcoi...

South Korean regulators are investigating Bithumb after its accidental $43 billion Bitcoin handout to customers last week.

Feb 09, 2026

FDIC Agrees to Pay Fees, Drop FOIA Fight Over Crypto 'Pause Letters'

The banking regulator will revise transparency policies to settle Coinbase's "Operation Choke Point 2.0" lawsuit.