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According to Decrypt, the crypto advocacy organization Stand With Crypto stated that within 90 days from May to August 2026, UK bank customers submitted a total of 10,092 complaints through the organization's online tools, involving 9,803 individuals. The related complaints pertain to transfers being blocked or restricted to crypto platforms registered with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).Statistics by bank show that Lloyds Banking Group received 2,297 complaints, accounting for over 22%, and the bank has not disclosed its policy on restricting crypto transfers. Barclays Bank received 1,569 complaints, National Westminster Group received 1,278, and HSBC UK received over 1,000.Stand With Crypto calls on banks to replace blanket restrictions with risk-based case-by-case reviews and urges the FCA and the UK Treasury to publicly state that a complete industry blockade and hard transfer limits on registered or authorized crypto companies are difficult to justify solely on the grounds of anti-fraud or financial crime rules. The report also mentioned that the FCA's crypto regulatory framework will come into effect in 2027.

According to Cointelegraph, the crypto advocacy organization Stand With Crypto stated that during a 90-day period from May to August 2026, a total of 9,803 individuals submitted 10,092 complaints to UK banks through the organization's online tools, reflecting the restrictions encountered when transferring to crypto platforms.The highest number of complaints came from Lloyds Banking Group, one of the largest banking groups in the UK, totaling 2,297, followed by Barclays with 1,569 and NatWest Group with 1,278. These complaints have raised concerns about the accessibility of crypto services in the UK ahead of the launch of a new regulatory framework for digital assets in 2027.The report shows that UK banks have varying practices regarding restrictions on crypto transfers. Barclays and HSBC UK are listed as limiting crypto transfers to £2,500 (approximately $3,300) per transaction and £10,000 (approximately $13,300) every 30 days. Six banks, including Starling Bank, TSB, and Chase UK, are listed as completely prohibiting transfers related to crypto.Meanwhile, Lloyds Banking Group and Revolut are classified as having not disclosed their restrictions on crypto transfers, despite also receiving customer complaints. Revolut's official support page states that transfers to "certain cryptocurrency exchanges" are not supported, and a spokesperson for Stand With Crypto indicated that this seems to be a technical issue rather than an established policy.Nick Jones, founder and CEO of Zumo, told Cointelegraph that banking restrictions are a common issue faced by crypto founders in the UK, which could undermine the country's ambition to become a global crypto hub. He stated that the issue of limited access to banking services needs urgent resolution so that UK crypto businesses can grow and expand in a fair environment.Jones also warned that the upcoming crypto regulatory framework in the UK may not address this issue. Although businesses are preparing for mandatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) by October 2027, obtaining business bank accounts is not included in that framework. He added that without coordinated action, businesses may obtain full authorization but still be unable to open UK business bank accounts.

On October 7, at a meeting of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, legislator Chan Chun-ying raised a written inquiry regarding the regulation of emerging payment platforms. The Acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Chan Ho-lam, provided a written response. The inquiry pointed out that in recent years, new aggregation payment platforms have emerged, reaching out to small merchants with low fees and "buy now, pay later" methods. Some platforms have reported overdue payments and false entries, and there are platforms that are registered only as financial technology companies, without obtaining financial licenses, and have not disclosed their partner organizations or operational status.Chan Ho-lam stated that the government and financial regulatory agencies continue to monitor emerging payment models and take enforcement actions within the statutory framework. After consulting the Monetary Authority and Customs, from January 2024 to September 2026, the Monetary Authority received 16 complaints regarding the suspected unlicensed issuance or operation of stored value payment tools. After investigation, one was substantiated, and the complainant did not report any financial loss. The Monetary Authority is following up with the relevant companies.The response pointed out that the Monetary Authority regulates stored value payment tools under the Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance. Unless legally exempt, issuing or operating without a license in Hong Kong is illegal. Money services that operate currency exchange and cross-border remittances must apply for a license from Customs unless exempted. Non-bank institutions providing "buy now, pay later" services involving loan activities must apply for a money lender license under the Money Lenders Ordinance. Cases suspected of being unlicensed or non-compliant are handled by the Monetary Authority, which may collaborate with other regulatory agencies or refer to law enforcement departments.

Greenfield Capital has submitted a complaint to the Swiss Federal Foundation regulatory authority ESA regarding governance issues at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, accusing a director of the Safe Foundation of demanding a large amount of SAFE tokens from relevant personnel after Bybit was attacked.At the same time, the director threatened to sell approximately 10% of the total supply of SAFE held in Gnosis and cut ties with Safe.

A Binance user posted a complaint on the X platform, stating that more than thirty arbitrage positions in the AKEUSDT contract were all forcibly liquidated, resulting in a single-day loss of over 5 million USDT, with the principal nearly reduced to zero. The user accused the market makers of malicious short squeezing and targeted attacks, calling for the platform to intervene and investigate.According to the user, AKE rose from 0.0076 USDT to 0.044859 USDT within 8 hours, from September 2 at 21:00 to September 3 at 5:44, an increase of about 6 times, with the last 7 minutes seeing a direct doubling from 0.022432 to 0.044859. The user believes that such an extreme rate of market movement, without fundamental support and with a highly concentrated position, clearly constitutes manipulative behavior, and the platform should disclose risk control logs and compensate users for their losses. The user also compared this incident to the abnormal market conditions of the TUT contract on August 9, arguing that the structures of the two events are highly similar. As of the time of publication, Binance has not publicly responded to this incident. This complaint is a unilateral user statement, and the relevant facts await further verification by the platform.

Recently, Sun Yuchen launched a batch of real-name complaints against the self-media that criticized him. Sun Yuchen filed multiple complaints against several self-media accounts, including Luke Wen Studio and "Luo Serious," on the grounds of "defamation/commercial reputation/invasion of privacy/portrait rights."The complaint materials requested the platform to deal with articles that used qualitative expressions such as "cutting leeks" and reinforced negative personas, and stated that he has entrusted a lawyer to secure evidence.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has filed a criminal complaint against the cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub Online and two former directors, Sakolkorn Sakavee and Thaweesap Rawan, accusing them of submitting false financial reports between May and October 2021. The case has been handed over to the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) of Thailand for investigation, and the prosecution will decide whether to formally charge them.The SEC stated that Bitkub suffered a cyber attack in May 2021, resulting in the theft of 16 types of digital assets, with losses exceeding $50 million. Regulatory investigations revealed that Bitkub did not reflect the relevant losses in its daily net capital report Form DA 1 from May 10 to October 30, 2021. The SEC alleged that the relevant executives made false statements in the company's official documents, leading regulators to believe that customer assets were intact and that the company had not suffered financial losses. Bitkub subsequently completed the acquisition of alternative assets in late October 2021, but the SEC believes that the reports during this period constituted false statements.In a statement on July 23, Bitkub asserted that existing customer holdings are secure and accounts are complete. Bitkub stated that its co-founders purchased alternative assets in the same quantity and currency to cover the losses and claimed that the cyber theft incident was reported to law enforcement on May 10, 2021.

A Massachusetts judge approved a revised complaint submitted by the state attorney general against the prediction market platform Kalshi on Tuesday. The new complaint accuses Kalshi of illegally offering sports betting without the permission of the state's betting commission and allegedly attracting users under the age of 21 to participate in betting through marketing on college campuses.The state had previously issued a preliminary injunction against Kalshi, suspending its sports event contract business. However, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had previously submitted a brief to the court supporting Kalshi, arguing that federal agencies have exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets and are not subject to state-level regulation. Additionally, several traditional betting organizations in the U.S. are lobbying Congress to explicitly prohibit such sports-related event contracts in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act).

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) under the FBI in the United States has released data showing that in 2025, IC3 received over 13,400 complaints regarding the use of cryptocurrency kiosks, with losses exceeding $388 million. Compared to 2024, the number of complaints increased by 23%, and the amount of losses increased by 58%. More than half of the complaints involved individuals over the age of 50, with losses exceeding $302 million.Cryptocurrency kiosks are devices or electronic terminals similar to ATMs that allow users to exchange cash and cryptocurrency. Criminals may lure victims into sending money through cryptocurrency kiosks. In typical complaints received by IC3 regarding cryptocurrency kiosks, criminals provide individuals with detailed instructions on how to withdraw money from banks, how to locate kiosks, and how to use the kiosks for deposits and remittances. IC3 warns that the relevant statistics pertain to scam complaints involving cryptocurrency ATMs, and the overall losses may not be solely caused by cryptocurrency ATMs alone.

According to Cointelegraph, Texas-based apparel company Beba and the crypto lobbying organization DeFi Education Fund have voluntarily withdrawn their lawsuit against the U.S. SEC filed in 2024.The lawsuit challenged the SEC's regulatory approach to airdrops, accusing it of implementing digital asset enforcement policies without a formal rulemaking process, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. The voluntary dismissal document referenced the work of the SEC's crypto task force and multiple speeches by Commissioner Hester Peirce last year, where Peirce suggested that airdropped tokens do not qualify as securities and mentioned that the SEC is considering establishing an exemption framework for airdrops, as well as the White House's January encouragement for the SEC to create a "safe harbor" for specific airdrops.DeFi Education Fund stated that, given the work of the SEC's crypto task force and recent speeches indicating that the commission's stance on free airdrops may be shifting, it is no longer necessary to continue the lawsuit. The dismissal is without prejudice, preserving the right to refile in the future.

According to Decrypt, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed a formal complaint with the Australian Parliament, accusing the country's four major banks (Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ, and NAB) of systematically refusing to provide financial services to legitimate crypto companies, stating that this practice has evolved into a "systemic feature"; given that the four major banks control the majority of transaction accounts and payment channels, this account closure effectively constitutes an "illegal regulatory ban," excluding the legitimate industry from the formal economy.The complaint cites data indicating that up to 60% of fintech companies faced bank refusals in 2021, and this issue remains unresolved. Coinbase urges lawmakers to mandate banks to implement five transparency measures, including requiring banks to document and inform customers of the reasons for account closures, ensuring affected customers can resort to internal dispute resolution processes, providing at least 30 days' notice before closing core services, and conducting self-compliance certifications. These measures were proposed by the Australian Financial Regulator in 2022 but have yet to be legislated.

Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor retweeted the news on the X platform that the company will continue to remain in the Nasdaq 100 index, and also responded by stating: "We will continue to accumulate Bitcoin until the market stops complaining."

ChainCatcher news, according to Wall Street Watch, the cooperation negotiations between OpenAI and Microsoft have stalled, and their relationship is on the brink of collapse. OpenAI hopes to weaken Microsoft's control over its AI technology and computing power, and seeks the other party's agreement to transform into a for-profit enterprise to promote financing and listing. As tensions escalate between OpenAI and Microsoft in their artificial intelligence collaboration, OpenAI is considering filing antitrust complaints with regulatory authorities.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, an Argentine law firm submitted a criminal complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on February 17, accusing the masterminds behind the LIBRA token collapse and calling for an investigation into Argentine President Milei's related role.On another legal front, Civic Coalition ARI also filed a criminal complaint on February 17, requesting the DOJ to investigate allegations of bribery and fraud against Milei.The LIBRA token saw a significant surge on February 14, following a post by President Milei on the X platform regarding the project. The post has since been deleted, emphasizing that the project would be used to fund "small businesses and startups in Argentina," and included a contract address, causing the token's market value to briefly soar to $4.56 billion, before rapidly falling to $257 million within hours.These new legal challenges are based on previous criminal allegations in Argentina, accusing Milei of participating in fraudulent activities by supporting the token.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the nonprofit watchdog organization Public Citizen has filed a formal complaint with the Department of Justice and the Office of Government Ethics, requesting a federal investigation into Trump's alleged promotion of the Solana ecosystem's TRUMP token.The complaint points out that 80% of the token is held by Trump's affiliated company CIC Digital LLC, which may violate laws prohibiting gift solicitation and poses risks of untraceable foreign payments. Over the past week, possibly influenced by the trade war, the price of the TRUMP token has dropped by 32%.