A 25-year-old former government contractor was arrested Wednesday on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, accused of stealing more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from wallets managed on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service - wallets that held assets seized in some of the federal government's highest-profile digital asset cases.

The numbers are hard to spin. According to the Chainalysis 2026 Crypto Crime Report, illicit cryptocurrency transactions reached at least $154 billion in 2025 - a 162% jump from the revised 2024 figure of $57.2 billion.

A shareholder of Coinbase Global has filed a derivative lawsuit against several of the crypto exchange’s executives and board members, alleging they failed to properly oversee compliance and disclosure obligations, exposing the company to regulatory and legal risks.

Riot Platforms has agreed to pay $20 million in cash to SBI Crypto, bringing an end to a high-profile legal battle tied to a failed 2021 bitcoin mining hosting deal.

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was found guilty Monday of kidnapping and robbery after he and a crew of accomplices impersonated police officers to steal $350,000 in Bitcoin from a 17-year-old in a Koreatown high-rise.

After years of legal back-and-forth, a federal judge finally put a fork in the Risley v. Universal Navigation lawsuit - and the crypto world is exhaling.

Tether has frozen a cumulative $4.2 billion in USDT linked to illicit activity since launching the world’s largest stablecoin, marking a sharp acceleration in enforcement over the past three years.

A group of 11 U.S. senators has called for investigation whether crypto exchange Binance is complying with U.S. sanctions laws and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, citing recent reports alleging sanctions violations.

In a major escalation of the fight against crypto-enabled fraud, U.S. authorities announced the seizure of more than $580 million in digital assets from Southeast Asia-based scam networks.

Federal prosecutors have charged a Florida man with running what authorities describe as a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that raised hundreds of millions of dollars over three years, while funding a lavish personal lifestyle.

Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of North Carolina have seized more than $61 million in Tether (USDT) connected to a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scam known as “pig butchering.”