| 30 Oct 2026 | SEC | SEC sued BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130M crypto trading signals fraud that used false SEC filings. | Civil action | $130.0m alleged fraud |
| 29 Oct 2026 | SEC | SEC sues DEBT Box joint venture partners and principals over an alleged $200 million crypto offering fraud; some defendants settle. | Civil action | $200.0m alleged fraud |
| 30 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained final judgments against three BitConnect promoters for selling unregistered lending program securities and acting as unregistered brokers. | Civil action | $2.7m penalty |
| 29 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued four entities over alleged WhatsApp investment confidence scams using fake AI trading platforms that took at least $15 million. | Civil action | $15.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 Sept 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a former Maryland resident over an alleged $1.5 million offering fraud; funds were allegedly used to buy cryptocurrency and lost. | Civil action | $1.5m alleged fraud |
| 11 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC charges Goliath Ventures and its CEO over an alleged $425 million crypto liquidity pool Ponzi scheme; the CEO agreed to a bifurcated settlement. | Civil action | $425.0m alleged fraud |
| 04 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC settles with a former New Jersey corrections officer over Blazar Token crypto offering and investment fraud schemes. | Settlement | $681,105 penalty |
| 03 Aug 2026 | SEC | SEC filed a proposed settlement of crypto wash-trading manipulation claims against Gotbit Consulting and dismissed claims against its founder. | Settlement | — |
| 20 Jul 2026 | SEC | SEC filed partially settled charges against a Florida man and Mining Automatic over a $22 million purported crypto mining investment scheme. | Settlement | $22.0m alleged fraud |
| 29 Jun 2026 | SEC | SEC obtained default final judgments against four entities and two individuals over the alleged fake NanoBit crypto trading platform scam. | Civil action | $1.2m penalty |
| 29 May 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a Texas resident alleging he raised about $12.3 million from investors in a fake AI crypto trading bot scheme. | Civil action | $12.3m alleged fraud |
| 28 Apr 2026 | SEC | SEC settled with RYVYL, Inc. and its two founders over allegedly false claims of blockchain-based payment technology in public filings. | Settlement | $230,464 penalty |
| 17 Apr 2026 | SEC | SEC sued a crypto token founder and two affiliated companies for allegedly defrauding investors in a $16 million SAFT offering. | Civil action | $16.0m alleged fraud |
| 05 Mar 2026 | SEC | SEC filed a proposed settlement with Rainberry over TRX wash trading, with a $10 million penalty, and dismissed all remaining claims. | Settlement | $10.0m penalty |
| 23 Jan 2026 | SEC | SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss with prejudice its civil action against Gemini Trust Company over the Gemini Earn program. | Other action | — |
| 22 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC sued three purported crypto trading platforms and four investment clubs for allegedly misappropriating $14 million from retail investors. | Civil action | $14.0m alleged fraud |
| 19 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC filed proposed final consent judgments against two former FTX executives and a former Alameda executive with injunctions and officer bars. | Settlement | $1.80bn alleged fraud |
| 03 Dec 2025 | SEC | SEC charged Shima Capital and its owner with misleading investors in raising $169.9 million for crypto funds; both consented to settlements. | Settlement | $169.9m alleged fraud |
| 22 Sept 2025 | SEC | An Alabama investment adviser settled SEC charges that he defrauded at least 15 clients of over $430,000 through Infinity Wealth Management. | Settlement | $430,000 alleged fraud |
| 15 Jul 2025 | SEC | Court denied a former controlling shareholder's motion to dismiss SEC insider trading claims tied to Long Island Iced Tea's blockchain pivot. | Other action | $160,000 alleged fraud |
| 27 May 2025 | SEC | SEC charged Unicoin and four executives with alleged fraud in an offering of crypto token rights certificates that raised over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 22 May 2025 | SEC | SEC sued a start-up CEO for allegedly misleading a venture firm into a $500,000 investment in a claimed blockchain payment platform. | Civil action | $500,000 alleged fraud |
| 20 May 2025 | SEC | SEC sued Unicoin and three top executives, alleging false claims in crypto rights certificate offerings that raised over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 08 May 2025 | SEC | SEC filed a settlement agreement with Ripple and two executives to resolve its civil case, cutting the $125M penalty to $50M paid to the SEC. | Settlement | $50.0m penalty |
| 02 May 2025 | SEC | SEC dismissed with prejudice its civil enforcement action against a crypto promoter, citing its reformed approach to crypto regulation. | Other action | — |
| 30 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC dismissed with prejudice its civil enforcement action against Dragonchain entities and its founder via joint stipulation. | Other action | — |
| 29 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC sued PGI Global's founder, alleging a $198 million crypto and forex Ponzi-like fraud with $57 million misappropriated. | Civil action | $198.0m alleged fraud |
| 24 Apr 2025 | SEC | Nova Labs, creator of the Helium Network, consented to a final judgment and $200,000 penalty over misrepresentations to equity investors. | Settlement | $200,000 penalty |
| 22 Apr 2025 | SEC | SEC sued the founder of PGI Global, alleging a $198 million crypto and forex fraud scheme that misappropriated over $57 million. | Civil action | $198.0m alleged fraud |
| 17 Apr 2025 | SEC | UAE crypto market maker CLS Global consented to a final judgment with a $425,000 penalty over alleged manipulation of NexFundAI. | Settlement | $425,000 penalty |
| 28 Mar 2025 | SEC | SEC obtained a consent final judgment against a Latvian national over the fraudulent Denaro ICO and Innovamine crypto mining offerings. | Settlement | $412,201 penalty |
| 27 Mar 2025 | SEC | The SEC filed a joint stipulation with Kraken to dismiss, with prejudice, its civil enforcement action against the exchange. | Other action | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | SEC | The SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss with prejudice its civil enforcement action against Consensys Software Inc. | Other action | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | SEC | SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss with prejudice its civil enforcement action against crypto firm Cumberland DRW LLC. | Other action | — |
| 14 Mar 2025 | SEC | SEC filed settled fraud charges against a Massachusetts man who raised $1.7 million for Forex trading via crypto; he will pay about $400,000. | Settlement | $398,369 penalty |
| 27 Feb 2025 | SEC | The SEC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss its civil enforcement action against Coinbase Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc. | Other action | — |
| 26 Feb 2025 | SEC | A court entered a consented final judgment against a blockchain company founder and Opporty International over an unregistered, misleading ICO. | Settlement | $100,000 penalty |
| 18 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC sued Nova Labs alleging unregistered crypto asset offerings and false claims about companies using its wireless network. | Civil action | — |
| 17 Jan 2025 | SEC | Digital Currency Group and a former Genesis CEO agreed to pay $38.5 million combined to settle SEC charges of misleading investors. | Settlement | $38.5m penalty |
| 16 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC charged a New York blockchain engineer with a rug pull of the Game Coin token; he agreed to settle without admitting the allegations. | Settlement | $553,000 stolen |
| 15 Jan 2025 | SEC | SEC obtained a final judgment ordering Abra to pay a $1.65 million penalty over its unregistered crypto lending product Abra Earn. | Settlement | $1.6m penalty |
| 20 Dec 2024 | SEC | Tai Mo Shan agreed to pay $123 million to settle SEC charges it misled investors about TerraUSD stability and acted as an unregistered LUNA underwriter. | Settlement | $123.0m penalty |
| 16 Dec 2024 | SEC | SEC filed a subpoena enforcement action against Cast Your Nets Ministries and affiliates in a probe involving an advertised crypto asset. | Other action | — |
| 29 Nov 2024 | SEC | SEC sued Touzi Capital and its managing member for allegedly misleading investors in crypto mining fund offerings raising over $100 million. | Civil action | $100.0m alleged fraud |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charges crypto market maker ZM Quant and two employees with allegedly manipulating markets for crypto assets through wash trading. | Civil action | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC sues crypto market maker Gotbit and an employee for allegedly manipulating the market for the Robo Inu crypto asset via wash trading. | Civil action | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charges UAE market maker CLS Global and an employee with allegedly manipulating trading in the NexFundAI crypto asset. | Civil action | — |
| 15 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charged a California crypto promoter with manipulating markets for Saitama Inu and Robo Inu; she consented to a bifurcated settlement. | Settlement | — |
| 10 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC sued Cumberland DRW for allegedly operating as an unregistered dealer in over $2 billion of crypto asset securities. | Civil action | $2.00bn |
| 09 Oct 2024 | SEC | SEC charged three purported crypto market makers and nine individuals with manipulating markets for crypto assets sold as securities. | Civil action | — |
| 02 Oct 2024 | SEC | Rari Capital and its three co-founders consented to final judgments over unregistered crypto pool offerings and misleading yield claims. | Settlement | $63,568 penalty |
| 27 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC settled charges against Mango DAO, Blockworks Foundation and Mango Labs over unregistered MNGO token sales and broker activity. | Settlement | $700,000 penalty |
| 27 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued a U.K. citizen alleged to have hacked five U.S. public companies and traded on earnings data, using bitcoin to hide his identity. | Civil action | $3.8m alleged fraud |
| 25 Sept 2024 | SEC | TrueCoin and TrustToken settled SEC charges over unregistered, misleadingly marketed TUSD stablecoin investment offerings. | Settlement | $163,766 penalty |
| 24 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained a consented final judgment and $75,000 penalty against a Canadian man in Long Blockchain insider trading case. | Settlement | $75,000 penalty |
| 18 Sept 2024 | SEC | Audit firm Prager Metis agreed to pay $745,000 to settle SEC charges of negligence in its audits of crypto platform FTX. | Settlement | $745,000 penalty |
| 18 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC settled charges against DeFi platform Rari Capital and its co-founders for misleading investors and acting as unregistered brokers. | Settlement | — |
| 17 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued CoinW6 alleging a romance investment scam using a fake crypto trading platform that stole about $2.2 million from investors. | Civil action | $2.2m stolen |
| 17 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued four entities and three individuals over an alleged relationship scam using the fake NanoBit crypto trading platform. | Civil action | $2.0m stolen |
| 12 Sept 2024 | SEC | eToro USA settled SEC charges of operating an unregistered broker and clearing agency for crypto trading, paying a $1.5 million penalty. | Settlement | $1.5m penalty |
| 10 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC sued an Alabama private fund manager alleging he misled investors in a fund that raised at least $852,000 in crypto assets. | Civil action | $852,000 alleged fraud |
| 03 Sept 2024 | SEC | SEC settled charges with crypto-focused adviser Galois Capital over custody rule failures and misleading redemption terms; $225,000 penalty. | Settlement | $225,000 penalty |
| 30 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC charges two brothers and their firms with an alleged $60 million crypto arbitrage bot Ponzi scheme and obtains an asset freeze. | Civil action | $60.0m alleged fraud |
| 26 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC filed settled charges against Abra for unregistered offers and sales of its Abra Earn crypto lending product and operating as an unregistered investment company. | Settlement | $600.0m |
| 26 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC charged two brothers and their firms with an alleged $60 million crypto arbitrage Ponzi scheme and obtained asset freezes. | Civil action | $60.0m alleged fraud |
| 12 Aug 2024 | SEC | SEC charged NovaTech, its two principals and six promoters over an alleged $650 million crypto investment fraud targeting 200,000 investors. | Civil action | $650.0m alleged fraud |
| 09 Aug 2024 | SEC | Ideanomics and three executives settled SEC fraud charges over misleading financials, including improper accounting for a crypto asset deal. | Settlement | $1.4m penalty |
| 30 Jul 2024 | SEC | SEC sued the founder of BitClout, alleging fraud and an unregistered offering of the BTCLT token that raised over $257 million. | Civil action | $257.0m alleged fraud |
| 08 Jul 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained default judgments against two promoters of the $45 million CoinDeal unregistered offering fraud scheme. | Civil action | $45.0m alleged fraud |
| 02 Jul 2024 | SEC | Silvergate Capital and two former executives settled SEC charges of misleading investors about its AML monitoring of crypto customers. | Settlement | $50.0m penalty |
| 01 Jul 2024 | SEC | SEC sued Consensys Software alleging unregistered securities offers via MetaMask Staking and operating as an unregistered broker. | Civil action | — |
| 25 Jun 2024 | SEC | An investment adviser and its president consented to final judgments and $425,000 in penalties over fraud including undisclosed loss of crypto assets. | Settlement | $425,000 penalty |
| 13 Jun 2024 | SEC | Terraform Labs and its co-founder agreed to pay more than $4.5 billion to settle SEC fraud claims after a jury verdict on the UST collapse. | Settlement | $4.50bn penalty |
| 12 Jun 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained a court order enforcing an investigative subpoena to the issuer of LGBCoin, denying his petition to quash. | Other action | — |
| 23 May 2024 | SEC | A federal court granted the SEC partial summary judgment finding a crypto influencer sold SPRK tokens in an unregistered securities offering. | Civil action | $5.0m |
| 24 Apr 2024 | SEC | SEC charged Texas crypto mining and hosting firm Geosyn Mining and its co-founders with an alleged $5.6 million fraudulent unregistered offering. | Civil action | $5.6m alleged fraud |
| 02 Apr 2024 | SEC | Court enters default final judgment ordering GA Investors, operator of fraudulent crypto investment websites, to pay over $1.1 million. | Civil action | $1.1m penalty |
| 29 Mar 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained a consented final judgment against an ICO promoter, FLiK and CoinSpark over fraudulent initial coin offerings. | Settlement | $2.8m penalty |
| 19 Mar 2024 | SEC | Genesis Global Capital agreed to pay a $21 million penalty to settle SEC charges over unregistered sales via the Gemini Earn crypto lending program. | Settlement | $21.0m penalty |
| 14 Mar 2024 | SEC | SEC sued 17 individuals over their alleged roles in a $300 million CryptoFX crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Latino investors. | Civil action | $300.0m alleged fraud |
| 11 Mar 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained a default judgment against a friend of a former Coinbase manager for insider trading ahead of crypto listing announcements. | Civil action | $1.6m penalty |
| 14 Feb 2024 | SEC | SEC obtained a court order enforcing investigative subpoenas against two top promoters of the NovaTech crypto asset investment program. | Other action | — |
| 07 Feb 2024 | SEC | Court entered final judgments against two promoters of the CoinDeal blockchain investment scheme, ordering disgorgement and penalties. | Civil action | $3.0m alleged fraud |
| 07 Feb 2024 | SEC | TradeStation Crypto agreed to pay a $1.5 million SEC penalty to settle charges of offering an unregistered crypto lending product. | Settlement | $1.5m penalty |
| 02 Feb 2024 | SEC | SEC settled fraud charges with a crypto course founder and his firm over a never-launched hedge fund that took $1.2 million from students. | Settlement | $1.2m alleged fraud |
| 30 Jan 2024 | SEC | SEC sued the founder and a top promoter of the HyperFund crypto pyramid scheme that raised over $1.7 billion; the promoter agreed to settle. | Civil action | $1.70bn alleged fraud |
| 23 Jan 2024 | SEC | Court ordered Crowd Machine and Metavine to disgorge over $19.6 million from a fraudulent unregistered crypto token offering and pay penalties. | Civil action | $19.7m forfeiture |
| 03 Jan 2024 | SEC | A California man consented to a final judgment and a $325,000 penalty for insider trading ahead of Long Blockchain's pivot announcement. | Settlement | $325,000 penalty |