The U.S. Department of Justice arrested 34-year-old Christopher Alexander Delgado, CEO of Goliath Ventures, for allegedly running a crypto Ponzi scheme that took roughly $328 million. Prosecutors say the scheme operated from January 2023 through January 2026, and if convicted, Delgado faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison.

According to a first-hand account updated on March 1, 2026, a crypto and Web3 professional narrowly avoided installing malware after joining what appeared to be a routine Microsoft Teams call set up via a familiar Telegram contact and Calendly link. The attackers used a spoofed Teams domain that blocked mobile access, then pressured the target on desktop to run a PowerShell command fetching code from teams.livescalls.com. The incident highlights how compromised industry accounts and realistic meeting interfaces are being weaponized to target high‑value crypto participants and potentially drain wallets or steal credentials.

On 2026-02-24, Russian authorities opened a criminal investigation into Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, alleging he enabled terrorist activity on the messaging platform. Officials claim Telegram has been linked to over 153,000 criminal incidents in Russia since 2022, including about 33,000 serious cases tied to terrorism, sabotage, and extremism. Durov rejects the accusations, arguing in a public statement that the case is a politically driven attempt to curb privacy and free speech, and insists Telegram’s moderation practices align with industry standards.

A federal judge in Manhattan denied Binance’s motion to compel arbitration in a class action over alleged sales of unregistered digital tokens to U.S. investors, according to a Thursday opinion from the Southern District of New York. The court said users lacked adequate notice of a February 2019 arbitration clause and found the class action waiver unenforceable.

On 28 February 2026, Midnight Network confirmed that Google Cloud and MoneyGram have signed on as founding federated node operators ahead of the Kūkolu mainnet launch planned for late March 2026. The network is starting with a 10-node federated model, using Zero-Knowledge Proofs to enable selective disclosure and target regulated institutional use cases.

Onchain analytics firm Bubblemaps reported that six newly active Polymarket wallets collectively locked in close to $1 million in net gains by buying "yes" shares on a contract predicting a U.S. strike on Iran by February 28, 2026. Most of these accounts were funded within a day of the attack and opened positions only hours before the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes, while another trader who had previously made about $2 million betting against such strikes lost $6.5 million in a single day when the contract resolved.

Materials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency describe how existing U.S. financial statutes are being applied to crypto custody, trading platforms, and payment stablecoins. Rather than creating new legal categories, these documents analyze custody through the Advisers Act and Investment Company Act, platform conduct through Exchange Act registration rules, and stablecoin issuance through OCC rulemaking under federal banking authority.

On February 27, 2026, MoonPay, PayPal and M0 unveiled PYUSDx, a developer framework for creating application-branded stablecoins backed by PayPal USD. Tokens are issued by MoonPay Digital Assets Limited, which holds a New York trust license, and the first live project is USD.ai, focused on machine-to-machine payments; PYUSDx tokens are distinct from PYUSD and are not usable on PayPal or Venmo.