The Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors. These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency and ...

On December 9, 2025, the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a guilty plea by a peer-to-peer convertible virtual currency exchange (the “CVC Exchange”) for conspiring to: (i) violate the Travel ...

Today, in a coordinated action with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ...

On March 28, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”) and Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR”) withdrew Staff Advisory No. 18-14, Advisory with ...

Financial authorities imposed a six-month partial business suspension and a 36.8 billion Korean won fine on domestic ...

But the new virtual money could face a tough battle integrating into the wider financial system. After debuting on currency trading platforms in October, Zcash took off, hitting an exchange rate of $1 ...

Government regulators issued a consumer advisory Monday on the risks of bitcoin and other digital currencies, warning that the virtual funds expose users to volatile exchange rates, hacking, scams and ...

Over the last few years, there has been doubt as to whether bitcoin could ever get federal approval, and be deemed a legitimate currency. Yet, at a Senate hearing on Monday, officials voiced their ...

Many people ask if holding stablecoins will increase in value. The answer is ‘no.’ Stablecoins should be viewed as payment infrastructure rather than an investment vehicle.” On the 5th of last month, ...

Justice Minister Park Sang-Ki said Seoul was preparing a bill to shut down the country's virtual coin exchanges... p pulse Follow Bitcoin and other virtual currencies were sent on rollercoaster rides ...