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Roughly $141 billion in stablecoins flowed to illicit actors in 2025, with sanctions-linked networks — including a ruble-pegged token tied to Russian operations — accounting for the vast majority of detected transfers, according to blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis. What Happened:

A Georgian-Russian investment manager who stole nearly $40 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) from one of the country's most powerful political figures has been released under a plea deal that slashed his prison sentence from 15 years to a one-year suspended term. Giorgi Bachiashvili, who managed assets

A proposed class action filed in a Washington, D.C. federal court accuses Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn of defrauding retail investors through a politically branded cryptocurrency token. The lawsuit, brought by purchaser Andrew Barr, alleges the pair took centralized control of a to

A federal judge in California on Monday sentenced Daren Li, a 42-year-old dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, to the statutory maximum of 20 years in prison for his role in a $73 million cryptocurrency investment fraud. The sentence was imposed in absentia - Li became a fugitive in Decem

Wallets linked to illicit cryptocurrency activity received an estimated $158 billion in incoming value during 2025, the highest level in five years and a sharp reversal from the previous year's $64.5 billion, according to a new report from blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. What Happened: Russia