Catching crypto thieves is the exchanges' job more than the police's

How governments worldwide set rules for digital assets through legislation, agency rulemaking, licensing regimes and court fights.

The venues where digital assets trade, from Coinbase and Binance to decentralized protocols, with their listings, licenses, custody and failures.

Thefts and exploits that drain funds from exchanges, protocols and bridges, with their post-mortems, laundering routes and recoveries.

The defensive side of crypto, covering how exchanges, protocols and holders get hacked, exploited or scammed, and what is done to prevent it.

On 8 September 2026 Singaporean national Malone Lam pleaded guilty in Washington, D.C. federal court to a RICO conspiracy tied to a more than $245 million Bitcoin social-engineering ring that siphoned over 4,100 BTC. Prosecutors call it the first major DOJ Bitcoin theft case charged under RICO.