The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity tied to North Korean undercover IT worker schemes

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The UK government sanctioned Huobi Global S.A.

The FCA initiated legal action against HTX in October 2025 in London's High Court after the exchange repeatedly failed to engage with the regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority secured High Court undertakings recorded in an October 27, 2026 Tomlin order against HTX from Panama-registered Huobi Global S.A., remaining in force until October 21, 2031

The U.S. Treasury published several specific Ethereum and Tron wallet addresses associated with Ilya Boykov, Vitold Obertas, and Kim Ki Hyok to assist exchanges in detecting exposure

The U.S. Treasury's October 28, 2026 sanctions targeted designated entities and individuals by blocking their property under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting U.S. persons from dealing with them

The Financial Conduct Authority and HTX began settlement talks over the FCA's lawsuit against HTX in March 2026, extending their discussions in June 2026

Court filings by the FCA recorded 4.6 million UK visits to HTX in 2023 and noted an employee successfully traded using a UK driving license and British pounds

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Vladivostok-based First Financial and Technical Development Center, where six North Korean IT workers generated over $750,000 since 2025

The lawsuit filed in October 2025 against HTX was the FCA's first enforcement case against a crypto exchange under marketing rules that took effect in October 2023

The European Union added Huobi Global S.A. and HTX to its Russia sanctions package on July 23, 2026, with an EU transaction ban effective August 23, 2026

Crypto exchange HTX has agreed to exit the United Kingdom market after settling a lawsuit brought by the Financial Conduct Authority

UK users face obstacles withdrawing funds from HTX because the UK government treats Huobi Global S.A. as a sanctioned entity

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The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase's Irish unit €3.25 million for breaching customer-fund safeguarding and outsourcing obligations

Utah's October 20, 2026 lawsuit against Kalshi and Susquehanna seeks an injunction, public nuisance abatement, restitution, disgorgement, and damages estimated between $30.6 million and $61.2 million

On September 8, 2026, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Kalshi's request to pause Utah's enforcement while appealing an August 4, 2026 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby

Utah is the tenth state against which the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has initiated legal proceedings, following actions involving Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Rhode Island, New Mexico, and Kentucky

Federal courts have entered preliminary injunctions in favor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in its prediction market regulatory disputes involving Arizona, Illinois, and Minnesota

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission under Gary Gensler utilized enforcement actions and the debanking of digital asset executives and companies

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission under Gary Gensler issued Wells Notices to firms to halt business operations without commencing prosecutions

Avigdor Liberman, leader of Israel Beytenu, accused Benjamin Netanyahu of preparing a sanctions-bypassing economy instead of preventing diplomatic isolation and promised to eliminate sanction threats if elected