- BTC$63,964-6.83%
- ETH$1,763-9.22%
- BNB$580.47-8.48%
- XRP$0.9085-10.84%
- SOL$69.89-10.91%
- TRX$0.3065-1.80%
- ZEC$859.38-8.65%
- DOGE$0.0569-12.37%
- XMR$463.04-12.07%
- LINK$8.83-10.99%
- ADA$0.1467-13.52%
- XLM$0.1334-9.21%
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The ledgers Updated from the source data
The record so far
- $8.77bnlost so far in 2026, 342 incidents
- 174enforcement actions so far in 2026, 186 by this date in 2025
- 1,062addresses on the US sanctions list
- 240firms licensed under MiCA across 28 EU and EEA countries
Latest hacks
- Pennysia$5,131
- Edel$300,000
- Rujira AMM Strategies$200,000
- Arcus Perps$2.2m
- Initia$615,000
Latest enforcement
- Prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint against about $65,000 in seized USDC tied to a crypto investment scam on an Ohio man.DOJ
- An international darknet drug operation led to 354 arrests and seizure of over $234 million in cash and cryptocurrency.DOJ
- DOJ seized infrastructure of North Korea's FaceStealer scheme and obtained authority to seize or restrain over $1.2 billion stolen from Binance.DOJ
- Boston federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action against about $456,602 in USDT alleged to be romance scam proceeds.DOJ
- FinCEN issued an order cutting off crypto exchange MEXC Global from the U.S. financial system over alleged sanctions evasion and cybercrime.FinCEN
16 days since the last crypto hack of $100 million or more: Binance, $6.36bn, on 29 October 2026.
Week of 9 November 2026, so far: $3.7m lost in 6 hacks, 4 US enforcement steps and 0 newly sanctioned addresses
On 14 November: in 2020, ValueDefi lost $7.4m; in 2025, an Oklahoma crypto firm CEO and co-founder was sentenced to five years for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a $9.4M investor scheme.
Check before you send: is a crypto address sanctioned or flagged by the FBI? · what the record says about a crypto company · which exchanges hold a MiCA licence · an exchange’s record, from Coinbase to Binance
Also in the ledgers: 2026 so far, in data · this week in the record · $9.34bn in thefts the US attributes to North Korea · the 8 hacks that reached a US court · 31 case timelines, from FTX to Prince Group ·212 US crypto scam actions, and where to report one
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Markets Mined for signal
Bitcoin tumbles to $64,000 as AI dominates the conversation
Total crypto market cap sits at $2.16T, down 6.7% over 24 hours. JUST leads the top 100, up -1.2%, while Aster lags, down 22.8%. AI, the CFTC and ETF flows lead the conversation across 111 industry headlines.
Total market cap
$2.16T
-6.66%
24h volume
$295.9B
Bitcoin dominance
58.7%
Ether dominance
9.9%
Sentiment, 30 days
13Extreme Fear
Markets 7-day trend
Prices
- BTC$63,964-6.83%
- ETH$1,763-9.22%
- BNB$580.47-8.48%
- XRP$0.9085-10.84%
- SOL$69.89-10.91%
- TRX$0.3065-1.80%
- ZEC$859.38-8.65%
- DOGE$0.0569-12.37%
- XMR$463.04-12.07%
- LINK$8.83-10.99%
Topics Every story, hack and case on one timeline
Following
- FTX17 entriesThe crypto exchange that collapsed in November 2022, and the cases that followed.
- Terra11 entriesTerraform Labs, whose UST and LUNA tokens collapsed in May 2022, and the cases against it.
- Binance16 entriesStories, hacks and enforcement actions mentioning Binance, the crypto exchange.
- Coinbase9 entriesStories and enforcement actions mentioning Coinbase, the US crypto exchange.
- Ripple and XRP13 entriesRipple Labs, its XRP token, and the SEC case that ran from 2020 to 2025.
- North Korea42 entriesThefts the US attributes to North Korea, others security firms link to Lazarus (each marked), and the US charges and sanctions that followed.
- Bybit8 entriesBybit, the crypto exchange that lost $1.40 billion to a theft in February 2025.
- Bridge hacks27 entriesCross-chain bridges, the systems behind several of crypto’s largest thefts.
- NFTs15 entriesNFTs, from brand and art projects to the fraud cases that followed.
- The SEC and crypto105 entriesThe US Securities and Exchange Commission’s crypto cases and settlements, with the stories and look-backs that covered them.
- Crypto mixers16 entriesUS cases against crypto mixers and the people who ran or used them to launder money, from Bitcoin Fog and Helix to Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash.
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- Markets48What happened after Coinbase’s 2020 XRP frenzy: an SEC lawsuit, dropped in 2025
- Regulation31All 27 Lithuanian firms on ESMA's non-compliant crypto list are dated within one week
- Crime & Security50DOJ moves to seize $1.2bn of $6.36bn Binance theft it blames on North Korea
- Web312Antique NFT Tennis Racquet to Be Auctioned on OpenSea
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Stories that outlived the news cycle
Crime & SecurityLook-back, Q1 2025
Q1 2025 in crypto hacks: Bybit’s $1.40 billion made up 86.8% of the quarter
One theft made the first quarter of 2025 the costliest of that year, with $1.61 billion lost across 37 incidents.
Crime & SecurityLook-back, Q2 2026
Q2 2026 in crypto hacks: Drift and Kelp lost $588 million within 17 days
Two April attacks, both linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, made up most of $818.1 million in second-quarter losses.
RegulationLook-back, 2025
US crypto enforcement in 2025: SEC actions fell to 24 as seizures rose to 37
The SEC brought 21 fewer crypto actions than in 2024, while prosecutors turned to seizing scam proceeds and closing laundering services.
MarketsLook-back, 2024
Bitcoin in 2024: up 120.8%, from $42,289 to $93,354
Bitcoin more than doubled in 2024, but ether finished the year below its March close and XRP gained 283.8% in one month.
RegulationLook-back, Oct 2026
EU crypto licences under MiCA: 238 firms authorised in 23 months, France leads
The register grew from three authorisations in December 2024, with rushes before national deadlines and 72 authorisations in June 2026 alone.
Crime & SecurityLook-back, Q2 2024
Q2 2024 in crypto hacks: exchanges took 73.2% of $541.4 million in losses
The $305 million DMM Bitcoin theft moved the losses from DeFi to centralised exchanges, which lost $396.2 million in the quarter.
Crime & SecurityLook-back, 2025
Crypto addresses on the US sanctions list: 86 added in 2024, 187 in 2025
Ransomware and a botnet drove the 2024 listings. In 2025, North Korean bankers, drug networks and Garantex’s successor did.
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