SEC Division of Enforcement co-director Stephanie Avakian said the agency's new cyber unit would look at how blockchain technology and ICOs are used.
The British Treasury has stated in a report that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin pose "low risk" for terrorist financing and money laundering.
Security researchers have discovered several fraudulent apps on the Google Play store purportedly tied to the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange.
The Drug Enforcement Agency said bitcoin is helping criminal organizations launder money to China in its latest threat assessment report.
Coin.mx operator Yuri Lebedev has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, according to a new report.
The Swedish government is to hold a week-long bitcoin auction, starting today, with 0.6 BTC for up for grabs.
Russia isn't happy that an alleged bitcoin money launderer is being extradited to the US following a court decision in Greece.
MEPs are worried about the monitoring of cryptocurrencies at EU borders, according to a draft report.
Police in Finland have moved into a new stage in their ongoing investigation into to the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.
Europol has for the first time released a cybercrime report examining the growing popularity of zcash, monero and ethereum on the darknet.
The convicted operator of the Silk Road dark market has given up his claim to over $48 million raised after the sale of more than 144,000 bitcoins.
Alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik has had his first extradition hearing after being arrested in Greece on charges of money laundering.
Law enforcement officials have confirmed that hackers from North Korea sought to steal bitcoins from exchanges in South Korea.
The SEC charged two companies and a businessman with anti-fraud violations after he allegedly launched ICO campaigns backed by nonexistent assets.
The company behind the FICO credit score system is looking at how to collect information from bitcoin exchanges, new public documents show.