U.S. law enforcement increasingly requests voluntary freezes of digital assets tied to suspected crimes.
Prosecutors target assets linked to money laundering, sanctions violations, and schemes like pig butchering. Issuers often comply without court orders under the GENIUS Act, leaving holders without traditional legal protections.
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Anchorage Digital, Paradigm, and the Hyperliquid Policy Center have called on the Treasury Department to address uncertainties in proposed stablecoin anti-money laundering rules under the GENIUS Act.
The T3 Financial Crime Unit has frozen over $450 million tied to suspected illicit crypto activity since its launch in 2024. The effort involves Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs in partnership with law enforcement agencies.
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The South Korean government will introduce a system to better manage virtual assets under its custody following repeated security breaches, the finance ministry said. The plan was finalized at an emergency economic meeting chaired by Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol. The central government currently holds about 78 billion won worth of such assets.