In 2024, Binance appointed Forensic Risk Alliance for a three-year monitorship and Sullivan & Cromwell for a five-year monitorship to oversee anti-money laundering compliance

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Binance.US lost significant U.S. market share and suffered banking disruptions after international exchange Binance reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with U.S. regulators over financial law violations in 2023

Binance.US CEO Stephen Gregory, who was appointed in March 2026, has been working to restore U.S. trading activity and expand product offerings following years of regulatory challenges tied to Binance's 2023 settlement with U.S. authorities

World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump, was informed of the Binance.US $100 million fundraising round but is not participating in it

Binance.US is working to restore state money transmitter licenses across the United States to expand its customer reach

Binance.US is seeking to raise up to $100 million in a private funding round that would value the cryptocurrency exchange at approximately $1 billion, according to reports in October 2026

Binance.US experienced reduced access to dollar payment services as a result of regulatory pressure following 2023 actions against global exchange Binance

Binance.US CEO Stephen Gregory outlined plans in July 2026 to pursue a Commodity Futures Trading Commission license allowing Binance.US to offer event contracts, prediction markets, and derivatives

The proposed $100 million private fundraising round size, valuation, and investor participation for Binance.US remain under discussion and could change

The proposed $1 billion valuation for Binance.US represents a sharp decline from its 2022 funding round, when the exchange raised over $200 million at a pre-money valuation of $4.5 billion

Polygon Labs' Open Money Stack U.S. payments business is registered as a money services business with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Coinme agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with 34 state regulators on October 8, 2026 over alleged Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering failures.

Zhimin Qian acquired her cryptocurrency holdings using fraud proceeds through Huobi trading accounts, over-the-counter transactions in China, and cryptocurrency mining.

Zhimin Qian purchased more than 100,000 bitcoin through a controlled exchange account before fleeing China in July 2017.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final reputation-risk rule on April 7, 2026, prohibiting supervisors from using anti-money laundering concerns as a pretext for reputation-risk supervision.

A7 International utilizes an AI-driven compliance and routing system to analyze sender, beneficiary, and jurisdiction risk factors to select optimal payment paths.

U.S. FinCEN reported that entities operating as A7 Sub-Agents processed over $17 billion in transactions between January 2025 and June 2026.

Web browsers attempting to connect to coinbase.com from Taiwan were redirected to a page displaying the New Taipei District Court's October 14, 2026 block notice

Access to the Coinbase mobile application remained operational for users in Taiwan, as the New Taipei District Court's order specifically targeted web domain access

VersaBank plans to list its VUSD tokenized deposits on digital asset exchanges.

VersaBank's VUSD tokenized deposits incorporate technology enabling regulators to freeze, seize, and burn deposits identified as participating in illegal activities.