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.

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.

French police have arrested six suspects, including one minor, following the violent kidnapping of a magistrate and her mother in a case tied to cryptocurrency extortion, authorities confirmed this week.

Two teenagers from California are facing adult felony charges after authorities say they carried out a violent home invasion in Scottsdale, Arizona, targeting a family they believed controlled tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.

Turkish authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal online betting and money laundering by freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto-linked assets, highlighting the growing role of stablecoin issuers in global law enforcement actions.

U.S. lawmakers have opened a formal probe into World Liberty Financial Inc. (WLFI) following reports that a UAE-linked entity acquired a roughly $500 million stake in the firm, injecting fresh political and regulatory uncertainty into an already sensitive intersection of crypto, foreign capital, and national security.

Italian financial police have searched the headquarters of Triestina Calcio, a third-tier football club, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering, according to information from Reuters.