U.S. federal prosecutors initiated civil forfeiture proceedings to recover approximately 127,271 Bitcoins, valued at about $14 billion to $15 billion, connected to Prince Group

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The U.S. Treasury Department's OFAC sanctioned four individuals and 41 entities connected to Cambodia-based Prince Group

The four individuals sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury on November 5, 2026 were Qiu Yong, Zhao Mengyao, He Yujing, and Visal Pang

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India's Enforcement Directorate searched premises linked to CoinDCX and Delta Exchange India, alleging CoinDCX routed users' trades through offshore platforms including Binance and Bybit

Babylon submitted a governance proposal on October 14, 2026 to add native Bitcoin collateral to Aave V4 using Trustless Bitcoin Vaults

In October 2025, U.S. federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering

Kalshi expanded into equity perpetual futures after previously launching bitcoin perps in May 2026 and gold and silver perps in September 2026

Prediction market pricing following the regulatory withdrawal of the $250 crypto travel rule proposal reflected increased confidence in Bitcoin reaching higher price thresholds by the end of 2026

In mid-2025, the Thailand SEC referred unlicensed crypto exchange platforms including Bybit and OKX to the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society for a June 28 access cutoff

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal complaint against BG Limited, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, alleging unlicensed digital-asset exchange operations for Thai users from 2022 to 2025

Thailand's SEC alleged Bitget solicited Thai users through social channels including 'Bitget Thailand' on X, 'BGB Thai Holder' on Telegram, and 'bitgetthailand' on TikTok from 2022 through 2025

The Thailand SEC submitted Bitget's website, domains, and mobile application to the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society to block public access to the platform starting December 5, 2026

The Thailand SEC alleged Bitget violated Section 26 of the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 by operating a trading system without a license, charging fees, and displaying values in Thai baht

The Thailand SEC lodged a criminal complaint naming Kritsana Kritsananuwat as an alleged supporter who promoted Bitget through Facebook and YouTube channels

Bitget did not publicly respond to the Thailand SEC criminal complaint in the statement published alongside its Oct. 20 release announcing the local GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics exchange acquisition

New Market Trading CEO Frank Hepworth stated that bitcoin lending yields of 1% to 4% fail to justify derivative, counterparty, and smart contract risks.

Between November 1 and early November 2, 2026, hackers passed roughly 28 Bitcoin worth $2.2 million through 18 CoinJoin privacy transactions using the WabiSabi protocol.

The Bank of Korea survey includes a scenario asking financial institutions to assess operational risks stemming from a steep decline in Bitcoin prices accompanied by a prolonged slump in trading volume.

The 18,270 Bitcoin stolen directly from Binance remained unmoved in 19 addresses, while the Bitcoin mixed through CoinJoin came from assets converted after the October 29, 2026 theft.

Frank Hepworth warned that covered-call strategies on bitcoin during bull markets risk having assets sold at option strike prices, forfeiting upside potential.

The conversion of stolen Solana tokens into Bitcoin marked an expansion of laundering routes after temporary holding wallets on the Tron network were largely emptied.