Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the Department of Justice will no longer target blockchain developers and coders for crimes committed by third parties using their products. Pointing to a new approach to enforcement under the Trump Administration, Blanche said that as long as coders and developers are not involved in criminal activity, the DoJ and FBI will not attempt to prosecute them. The issue arose after several developers involved in privacy protocols like Tornado Cash were prosecuted or threatened with prosecution under the Biden Administration. Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm and a colleague were indicted in 2023, and Storm was convicted in August 2025 after Tornado Cash…
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Chainalysis asks: Did Bitcoin fund the Capitol riots?
The leading blockchain intelligence firm found $500,000 in Bitcoin transferred to key alt-right members a month before followers stormed the halls of Congress
A month before a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, an extremist sent $522,000 in bitcoin to nearly two dozen far-right leaders, including white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes and the Daily Stormer, a Neo-Nazi website, according to blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis.
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BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes facing jail for AML violations
The derivatives exchange’s founder has been charged with violating anti-money-laundering laws by the U.S. Attorney, and sued by that CFTC for the same thing
Hayes, along with the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange’s co-founders Benjamin Delo, Samuel Reed, and head of business development Gregory Dwyer have been charged with violating the Bank Secrecy Act and conspiring to violate the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to put sufficient anti-money-laundering safeguards in place. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
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Three charged in BitClub Network’s alleged $722 million bitcoin Ponzi scheme
Three men are accused of using the BitClub Network cryptocurrency mining pool to defraud investors, referring to them as ‘sheep’ and ‘idiots’
A Ponzi scheme that stole $722 million from investors in a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining pool has been broken up by FBI and IRS agents, according a federal indictment. BitClub Network promised investors around the world shares in the earnings of a major non-existent bitcoin mining pool.
