https://bitminer.io/Bitcoin & crypto news, mined for signalhttps://bitminer.io/q1-2026-in-us-crypto-enforcement-22-actions-as-safemoons-chief-is-senten/https://bitminer.io/q1-2026-in-us-crypto-enforcement-22-actions-as-safemoons-chief-is-senten/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:27 GMTThe quietest quarter in the ledger brought a 100-month sentence in the SafeMoon case, a hacking charge five years on, and $580 million in scam seizures.https://bitminer.io/q2-2026-in-us-crypto-enforcement-a-laundering-service-shut-and-onecoin-v/https://bitminer.io/q2-2026-in-us-crypto-enforcement-a-laundering-service-shut-and-onecoin-v/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:27 GMTThe second quarter of 2026 brought a takedown of AudiA6, a compensation process for OneCoin’s victims, and a 23-year sentence in the Meta-1 Coin case.https://bitminer.io/q3-2026-in-us-crypto-enforcement-goliaths-425-million-and-a-61-million-i/https://bitminer.io/q3-2026-in-us-crypto-enforcement-goliaths-425-million-and-a-61-million-i/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:27 GMTActions rose to 39 in the third quarter of 2026, with sanctions-evasion cases, a scam-services marketplace on Telegram and a theft ringleader’s plea.https://bitminer.io/q1-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-bitmex-fined-100-million-as-garantex-is/https://bitminer.io/q1-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-bitmex-fined-100-million-as-garantex-is/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:58:04 GMTThe first quarter of 2025 matched the start of 2024 at 49 actions, with an exchange fined, a DeFi hacker charged and a 20-year sentence for a crypto theft.https://bitminer.io/q2-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-a-record-scam-seizure-and-a-270-arrest/https://bitminer.io/q2-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-a-record-scam-seizure-and-a-270-arrest/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:58:04 GMTSeizures rose and prison terms lengthened in the second quarter of 2025, whose 10 sentences had a median of 144 months, the highest of any full quarter.https://bitminer.io/q3-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-the-sec-brings-2-actions-and-seizures-l/https://bitminer.io/q3-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-the-sec-brings-2-actions-and-seizures-l/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:58:04 GMTSeizures were the most common step in the third quarter of 2025, while Cred’s executives were sentenced and a kidnapping for crypto reached federal court.https://bitminer.io/q4-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-28-actions-the-fewest-of-2024-and-2025/https://bitminer.io/q4-2025-in-us-crypto-enforcement-28-actions-the-fewest-of-2024-and-2025/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:58:04 GMTScam cases led the last quarter of 2025, as more members of a $263 million theft ring pleaded guilty and a crypto ATM founder was charged.https://bitminer.io/q3-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-the-secs-busiest-quarter-with-20-of-44/https://bitminer.io/q3-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-the-secs-busiest-quarter-with-20-of-44/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:54:48 GMTThe SEC brought nearly half the quarter’s actions, settling with Silvergate and Abra, while a $230 million bitcoin theft led to arrests.https://bitminer.io/q4-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-two-darknet-mixers-sentenced-celsius-fo/https://bitminer.io/q4-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-two-darknet-mixers-sentenced-celsius-fo/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:54:48 GMTSentences dominated the last quarter of 2024, with a median of 120 months, as Bitcoin Fog and Helix reached their end in court.https://bitminer.io/q1-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-49-actions-from-onecoins-lawyer-to-bitc/https://bitminer.io/q1-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-49-actions-from-onecoins-lawyer-to-bitc/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:53:08 GMTThe first quarter of 2024 brought a 10-year sentence in the OneCoin case, a jury verdict against a darknet mixer and the DEA’s largest crypto seizure.https://bitminer.io/q2-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-cred-hashflare-and-samourai-wallet-char/https://bitminer.io/q2-2024-in-us-crypto-enforcement-cred-hashflare-and-samourai-wallet-char/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:53:08 GMTThe Justice Department brought 34 of the quarter’s 43 actions, charging a bankrupt lender’s executives, two Estonian suspects and a mixer’s founders.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-coinbases-2020-xrp-frenzy-an-sec-lawsuit-dropped-in/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-coinbases-2020-xrp-frenzy-an-sec-lawsuit-dropped-in/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:07 GMTIn late 2020 this site covered Coinbase’s XRP rush and its pause on margin trading. Since then the SEC sued the exchange, then dropped the case.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-voyager-a-750-000-order-against-its-former-chief-exe/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-voyager-a-750-000-order-against-its-former-chief-exe/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:48:41 GMTIn June 2023 this site reported Voyager Digital winding down after its deals with FTX and Binance.US fell through. The record since then.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-the-north-korea-defi-warning-bybit-tornado-cash-71-a/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-the-north-korea-defi-warning-bybit-tornado-cash-71-a/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:38:51 GMTIn May 2023 this site reported a US Treasury warning that North Korean actors were laundering money through DeFi. The record since then.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-bitcoin-jesuss-debt-fight-tax-charges-then-a-50-mill/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-bitcoin-jesuss-debt-fight-tax-charges-then-a-50-mill/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:36:22 GMTIn February 2023 this site covered an early bitcoin investor’s dispute with a bankrupt broker. A year later he was indicted in the US.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-ftx-a-25-year-sentence-and-12-7-billion-for-victims/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-ftx-a-25-year-sentence-and-12-7-billion-for-victims/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:36:22 GMTIn May 2023 this site reported a new bribery charge against FTX’s founder. Here is how the cases ended.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-terra-4-5-billion-to-the-sec-and-15-years-for-do-kwo/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-terra-4-5-billion-to-the-sec-and-15-years-for-do-kwo/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:36:22 GMTIn June 2023 this site reported charges in South Korea against a Terraform co-founder. In the US, the other co-founder’s cases have since ended.https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-the-sec-sued-ripple-a-125-million-penalty-that-stood/https://bitminer.io/what-happened-after-the-sec-sued-ripple-a-125-million-penalty-that-stood/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:36:22 GMTIn January 2021 this site covered the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple. It ended in 2025, after the SEC tried and failed to cut the penalty.https://bitminer.io/exchanges-share-of-crypto-hack-losses-has-risen-every-year-since-2020-fr/https://bitminer.io/exchanges-share-of-crypto-hack-losses-has-risen-every-year-since-2020-fr/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:31:27 GMTDeFi protocols have more incidents, but since 2025 most of the money lost to hacks has come out of centralised exchanges.https://bitminer.io/eu-crypto-licences-under-mica-380-firms-authorised-in-23-months-111-in-g/https://bitminer.io/eu-crypto-licences-under-mica-380-firms-authorised-in-23-months-111-in-g/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:27:32 GMTThe register grew from 4 firms in December 2024, with rushes before national deadlines and 75 authorisations in June 2026 alone.