Department of Justice

DOJ wallet makes small Coinbase transfer, potentially hinting at an upcoming sale of BTC originally confiscated during the takedown of the Silk Road

The Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced back-to-back lawsuits against KuCoin Tuesday

Binance will pay $4.3 billion as part of the settlement announced Tuesday

Binance’s newest CEO has a history of holding regulatory positions

The DOJ made the plea agreements of Binance and Changpeng Zhao public on Tuesday

The indictment followed leaks Monday that a Binance settlement deal was forthcoming

The Binance executive is also reportedly set to make an appearance in a Seattle courtroom Tuesday

It’s unclear what “actions” the CFTC, DOJ and Treasury will announce Tuesday afternoon

According to people familiar, the settlement is between $4 to $5 billion

The frozen funds were linked to a “human trafficking syndicate in Southeast Asia”

Binance “has not been free of mistakes,” a spokesperson told Blockworks

A now-unsealed August order showed the DOJ targeted multiple Mashinsky-linked bank accounts

Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have complained about 7.7 million pages of discovery from the government

Prosecutors pushed earlier this week to revoke the former FTX CEO’s bail and send him to jail

The judge, in new court filings, said the Oct. 3 conference allows “adequate time for the Government to make discovery”

How much crypto will the government seize from Razzlekhan? The US doesn’t seem to know

Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner were charged with money laundering in connection with the Mt. Gox hack

The Silk Road hacker tried to hide stolen bitcoin and cash from law enforcement in a Cheetos popcorn container

SEC officials initially opposed the Voyager plan, alleging Binance.US operates an unregistered securities exchange. Now, the DOJ is here

The charges highlight the agency’s ability to act internationally when it comes to cryptocurrency and prohibiting money laundering, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said

The Justice Department seized $56 million from BitConnect in 2021, and is now returning just $17 million to 800 victims

The US Southern District of New York has become a magnet for crypto cases

The US Department of Justice claims Google lost data sought in an investigation into cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e

Meta’s director of infrastructure becomes an advisor for lead developer of an open interoperability protocol