International payments cooperative Swift will launch a permissioned blockchain to route transactions among global banks as part of a bid to modernize cross-border payments and blunt the rise of dollar-pegged stablecoins. 

The U.S. Treasury Department has postponed enforcement of its new residential real-estate reporting rule until March 1, 2026, issuing a temporary exemptive order to give the industry more time to prepare. 

Pig-butchering schemes have scaled into a multibillion-dollar criminal industry, according to a new report by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic cited by CoinDesk. 

U.S. federal prosecutions for drug crimes have fallen to their lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration redirected agents to immigration enforcement, according to a Reuters analysis.

A woman accused of running a multibillion-pound investment fraud in China has pleaded guilty in London to laundering bitcoin linked to the scheme.

The former chairman of the board at Puerto Rico–based Nodus International Bank, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a $13.6-million scheme that contributed to the institution’s 2023 collapse. 

The former executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield, Wisconsin, has been charged with taking over $100,000 from the nonprofit.

The UK art market is coming under sharper scrutiny from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which has intensified enforcement of anti–money laundering rules.

Canada’s anti–money laundering watchdog has levied a C$19.5 million penalty against crypto exchange KuCoin for violations of the country’s AML rules.

Swiss lawmakers are seeking to dilute key government proposals aimed at combating financial crime, arguing that stricter regulations threaten the country’s dominance in the global wealth management sector, according to Reuters.