Department of Justice News

Under the pretext of holding corrupt actors accountable, the new task force will address crimes related to the criminal misuse of cryptocurrency.

“This liquidation is the largest single recovery of a cryptocurrency fraud by the United States to date,” said the Justice Department.

Major regulatory agencies plan to work harder to prosecute individuals and companies that have had dodgy dealings with digital assets.

In a bid to catch up with cybercriminals, the Justice Department is pooling all crypto expertise in one place.

“We need to make sure that folks can have confidence when they’re using these systems and we need to make sure we’re poised to root out abuse that can take hold on them," said Lisa Monaco.

Changing an intelligence agency's perspective on crypto crime is the next step toward a successful crypto investigation.

Eleven class actions against crypto firms and their founders started with a bang and will end with a whimper — as they should.

Michele Korver’s appointment to the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network promises to reduce illicit financial practices within the crypto space.

Coinbase CSO says ‘good ol’ fashioned police work’ landed the FBI the private keys.

Government officials did not specify the exact method used to seize the funds from the ransomware group.

After failing to reclaim the $50,000 level, BTC faces renewed selling pressure in the short term. However, short-term headwinds don’t negate the bull market.

News that Binance could be under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and IRS triggered a marketwide sell-off that saw Bitcoin's price drop to $46,000.

The price of Bitcoin and Ether both fell between 3% and 5% as the report spread across social media.

A United States blockchain lobbying group executive says there is no danger of a crypto crackdown in the country.

The Internal Revenue Services will seek information from Circle on all U.S. taxpayers who traded at least $20,000 worth of crypto between 2016 and 2020.