On February 20, 2026, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried published a lengthy X thread from prison titled “10 Myths About Me & FTX”.
In 2025, aggregate cryptocurrency flows to darknet markets (DNMs) and drug vendors reached nearly $2.6 billion, with total inflows to drug-related addresses slightly exceeding $2.5 billion, a modest year-over-year increase despite ongoing enforcement actions.
A major internal probe is underway in Malaysia after 12 police officers were detained over allegations they extorted cryptocurrency from a group of Chinese nationals during a raid in Kajang, Selangor.
Russia may move to fully block Telegram nationwide starting April 1, according to reports from the Telegram channel Baza, citing unnamed sources.
Tensions are rising between Binance and parts of the U.S. media and regulatory ecosystem after allegations surfaced that the exchange failed to act on transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian entities.
A federal court in Florida has awarded Kevin O’Leary nearly $2.8 million in damages after ruling that crypto influencer Ben Armstrong defamed him in a series of social media posts.
Two U.S. lawmakers have called for a federal review of a high-profile foreign investment tied to a cryptocurrency venture connected to President Donald Trump’s family.
A fresh cybersecurity incident has placed Figure Technology under scrutiny after hackers released customer information on the dark web, forcing the fintech lender into emergency response mode.
A U.S. federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has sentenced Ramil Ventura Palafox, founder and CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI), to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a Bitcoin-based Ponzi scheme that raised more than $201 million from investors worldwide.
Israeli authorities have indicted an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservist and a civilian accomplice for allegedly using classified military information to place bets on the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket.
South Korean authorities are investigating the unauthorized transfer of 22 Bitcoin previously held in cold storage at Seoul’s Gangnam Police Station. The disappearance, valued at approximately $1.45–$1.6 million based on Feb. 13 market prices near $66,000–$68,000 per Bitcoin was uncovered during a nationwide audit of seized digital assets.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sentenced Daren Li to 20 years in prison for laundering funds linked to a large-scale international cryptocurrency investment scam.



