Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have formally asked U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to schedule a retrial for Roman Storm, co-founder of the crypto mixing protocol Tornado Cash.

South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit issued a preliminary sanctions notice against Bithumb on March 9, 2026, proposing a six-month partial business suspension alongside financial penalties that could reach 50 billion won - roughly $36.5 million.

A cybersecurity firm has laid out the mechanics of a North Korean hacking campaign that quietly tunneled through the infrastructure of cryptocurrency exchanges and staking platforms - and the entry point was a front-end web vulnerability most defenders weren't watching.

A U.S. federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit against stablecoin issuer Tether and cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, clearing the way for thousands of retail investors to pursue claims that the two companies artificially inflated Bitcoin and Ethereum prices nearly a decade ago.

Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has moved against multiple entities operating under the KuCoin brand, ordering them to immediately cease all virtual asset activities in the emirate after finding they had been serving local residents without the required regulatory approval.

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.