Enforcement Actions

According to Financial Times, crypto exchange HTX agreed today (October 29) to leave the United Kingdom under a settlement with the Financial Conduct Authority, ending the FCA's first enforcement case against a crypto firm over financial promotions. Under court undertakings, Huobi Global S.A., the P

According to the SEC, on October 30, the agency charged two foreign-operated, Colorado-incorporated companies—BG Wealth Sharing Ltd. and DSJ Exchange Pty Ltd.—with running a crypto investment fraud that raised over $130 million from tens of thousands of retail investors. The companies operated a "we

According to Chainalysis, North Korea-linked hacks accounted for 89% of reported crypto hack losses in 2026, representing $13.24 billion of the $22.34 billion total from 2021 through October 29. The average reported loss per suspected DPRK-linked hack surged to $185.65 million in 2026, up sharply fr

Texas brothers Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia were sentenced on Thursday to a combined 326 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in St. Paul for a violent home-invasion robbery that occurred on Sept. 19, 2025, in Grant, Minnesota. The pair held a family at gunpoint

According to the U.S. Justice Department, Texas brothers Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia were sentenced on Thursday to 326 months in prison—180 and 186 months respectively—for a September 2025 home-invasion robbery in which they forced a Minnesota family to transfer over $8 million

The U.S. Secret Service announced a collaboration with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia to combat cybercrime targeting digital assets. The initiative aims to identify and apprehend individuals responsible for cyber offenses. The agency's coordination with the U.S. Attorney's O

HTX, the cryptocurrency exchange formerly known as Huobi, agreed to stop targeting UK consumers after the Financial Conduct Authority secured High Court undertakings from its operating company, Huobi Global S.A. The FCA announced on October 29 that HTX is no longer active in the country, with the co

According to the FCA announcement on October 29, cryptocurrency exchange HTX agreed to stop targeting UK consumers following High Court undertakings secured by the regulator, ending a year-long legal dispute over alleged breaches of Britain's financial promotion rules. Under the court order issued o

According to The Jerusalem Post, Israel extradited Alexander Block (formerly Alexander Gurevich), an Israeli-Russian citizen, to the U.S. on Thursday to face charges over the alleged theft of approximately $2.8 million from crypto bridge Nomad in 2022. Block was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport in May

According to an investigation led by security researcher @zachxbt, the Binance exploit involving $6.3 billion is linked to the Bitget hack of $388 million through a shared address used by the North Korea-linked TraderTraitor group. The findings suggest coordinated attack methods and have prompted co

The Binance hack attacker sold seven altcoins for a combined $158.25 million and converted the proceeds into 70,480 ETH, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. The sales left about $23 million of altcoins in wallets that issuers cannot freeze. The attacker still controls roughly $2.86 bil

According to TRM Labs and Chainalysis, on October 30, the $6.3 billion Binance hack has been attributed to North Korea's state-backed TraderTraitor, a hacking unit linked to the Lazarus Group, with TRM stating it made the attribution "with high confidence" based on on-chain and off-chain intelligenc

According to blockchain intelligence firm Bitquery, Polymarket restored trading on October 29, 2026, following a security breach that resulted in approximately $2.7 million in unauthorized withdrawals affecting 737 accounts. The attack exploited a compromised monitoring script from third-party provi

According to ChainCatcher, Pump.fun (through Bracket Company Inc.) issued a cease-and-desist letter to Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, on October 29, citing unauthorized reverse engineering of its source code. The letter, sent via law firm Brown Rudnick, accused Walters of copying 97.6% of Pump

According to Foresight News, India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) Bangalore office conducted raids on October 27 under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) investigating unauthorized cross-border cryptocurrency transfers exceeding 500 billion rupees ($525 million). The investigation involves p

The SEC recently charged BG Wealth and DSJ Exchange with defrauding tens of thousands of retail investors of over $130 million. The entities allegedly promised risk-free high returns through crypto trading signals and submitted false filings to pose as registered entities.