SEC cases fall to 348 from 456 as crypto examples include a $95.6 million mining fraud
The SEC's fiscal 2026 enforcement results, released November 10, show 348 actions and $1.095 billion in ordered money. The crypto cases it highlights are retail frauds, from a $14 million fake platform scheme to an FTX audit case.
Senator Blumenthal gives Binance, Tether and World Liberty until January 4 to hand over records
Senator Richard Blumenthal says the three crypto firms have produced no records he asked for, some requests going back 18 months. His November 5 letters set a first check-in for November 9 and warn of "alternative measures" after January 4.
32,175 crypto addresses are on DeepSea's risk list. Ransomware is the biggest category
DeepSea's database of scam, fraud and sanctioned addresses grew by 1,178 last week. Most new entries were hack-tainted, and Bitcoin holds more flagged addresses than Ethereum.
Thailand crypto rules explained: licenses, the Bybit and OKX blocks, and tax
Any crypto exchange, broker or dealer serving people in Thailand needs a Thai SEC license, and since April 2025 offshore platforms with Thai features can be blocked. Bybit, OKX and three others were named for blocking from June 28, 2025. Here is what that means for users, payments and tax.
A7A5 stablecoin network moved $179 billion. FinCEN wants US banks and crypto firms out
A Treasury proposal would bar about 347,926 US financial institutions, crypto exchanges included, from moving money for the Russia-linked A7 network's front companies. Public comments close November 4, 2026.
How stolen crypto is traced and frozen, and why thieves dump stablecoins fast
Every blockchain transfer is public, so investigators can follow stolen funds hop by hop. Money can be stopped in two places: stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle can freeze tokens on-chain, and exchanges can lock accounts when stolen funds arrive.
Four years after the Nomad Bridge hack, a man is extradited to the US over $2.89 million
Prosecutors say Alexander Gurevich ran four exploit transactions against the Nomad Bridge on August 1, 2022, taking 103 WBTC and 300 WETH. It is the second old DeFi exploit case to reach a US courtroom this month, three weeks after the Uranium Finance hacker's conviction was announced.
One year in the High Court: HTX settles with the FCA and promises to stop UK ads
HTX, formerly Huobi, has given court-backed undertakings not to unlawfully promote its crypto services to UK consumers, the UK regulator says. The case began in October 2025 and ended with a confidential settlement, no admission of wrongdoing and no announced fine.
US sanctions North Korean IT workers in Russia and lists 8 crypto addresses, 5 on Tron
Treasury designated 10 people and a Russia-based center on October 28, 2026, saying they moved crypto for North Korea's IT worker schemes. One Ethereum address appears under two different men.
Thailand's SEC: 11 crypto ETF rules, then a block on Vcex.io from November 7
In three October days, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission set rules for local Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, filed a criminal complaint over the unlicensed Vcex.io exchange and said access to it will be blocked from November 7. The message: use the licensed route or be shut out.
Prosecutors say a Robinhood engineer bought Hyperliquid perps before 9 coin listings
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged two former Robinhood engineers with fraud, alleging they used secret listing plans to bet on Hyperliquid. Each allegedly made more than $50,000, and both are presumed innocent.
Vietnam's crypto fines are live: up to VND 200 million for firms, a reprieve for traders
Decree 284/2026/ND-CP took effect on September 1, with fines for unlicensed exchanges, crypto advertising, weak identity checks and data leaks. For ordinary investors who trade on offshore exchanges, the Ministry of Finance says fines only start six months after the first local provider is licensed, and none had been by early October.