Samourai Wallet executives Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, who are accused of using the crypto mixing service to facilitate $2 billion in illegal transactions, denied charges against them, before US District Judge Denise Cote suggested they could explore a plea deal ahead of their November trial. Prosecutor Andrew Chan said the government is likely to file another updated indictment to allege additional unlawful conduct. The court gave a deadline of September 12 for any new charges to be made public.

The Justice Department filed a civil action seeking the forfeiture of about $7.1 million worth of crypto seized in the investigation of an oil and gas related investment fraud scheme. The funds are part of approximately $97 million taken in by the coconspirators between June 2022 and July 2024. According to court documents, the co-schemers convinced victims to send money to what was represented as escrow accounts to purchase oil tank storage. However, once victims sent their money, they were not sent any further information about their investment and co-schemers stopped responding.

The Justice Department unsealed a civil forfeiture action against approximately $2 million in digital assets held by Tether and Binance accounts connected to BuyCash, a money transfer business involved in financially supporting Hamas. BuyCash and one of its owners, Ahmed M. M. Alaqad, have been suspected of supporting various terrorist organizations, including Hamas, ISIS, and Al-Qaida affiliates. The complaint describes a scheme whereby users utilized BuyCash to fund accounts held by Tether and Binance to obfuscate their financial support of international terrorist organizations, including Hamas.

The SEC approved and then immediately paused the conversion of Bitwise’s crypto index fund into an exchange-traded fund (ETF), leaving it in limbo pending review. The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets initially granted an "accelerated approval" of the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index conversion to an ETF on Tuesday. However, the same day, SEC Assistant Secretary Sherry Haywood said in a letter that the "order is stayed until the Commission orders otherwise. "

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK) wrote an op-ed in CoinDesk calling on the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. The lawmakers argue that "Without the CLARITY Act, the rules governing digital assets will remain fragmented, confusing and vulnerable to politicization." They add that "The Senate must send the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act and the CLARITY Act to President Trump's desk so that the United States doesn't just participate in the digital asset revolution, but leads it."

The House passed the Financial Technology Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 2384), which would establish an independent financial technology working group to study and report on terrorist and illicit uses of digital assets, including sanctions evasion, and propose improvements to anti-money laundering and counterterrorism efforts. Reps. Zach Nunn (R-IA) and Jim Himes (D-CT) introduced the bill in March. Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) later signed on as cosponsors.

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published nine priorities to combat the biggest economic crime threats, including creating a crypto ecosystem that is resilient to criminal abuse through public-private partnerships, communications campaigns, and more. The NCA and FCA laid out possible actions, such as working with law enforcement to identify and embed awareness of risk factors indicative of illicit crypto activity, engage across regulated sectors to identify proceeds of crime and potential victim funds ties to illicit crypto activity, and develop and enhance existing engagement groups and forums to share and enhance the understanding of crypto use for illicit purposes.

Trump Media and Technology Group announced that it has accumulated roughly $2 billion in BTC and related assets as part of its previously announced plan to become a crypto treasury company. The company added that "approximately $300 million of additional capital has been allocated to an options acquisition strategy for bitcoin-related securities. Trump Media plans to continue acquiring bitcoin and bitcoin-related assets and to convert its options into spot bitcoin, depending on market conditions. These assets will be used by the company to generate revenues and potentially to acquire additional crypto assets." Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) voiced concern with the announcement in a post on X, arguing that “The Grift Never Stops.”

In an interview with CNBC, SEC Chair Paul Atkins discussed passage of the GENIUS Act and ETH, asserting that ETH is not a security. He stated that deciding whether to hold the token in treasury reserves "is up to companies to decide." Atkins added that ETH is "a very key component for a lot of other digital currencies," noting that it is encouraging to see the market embracing assets like ETH. He also discussed retirement plans during the interview.