In a Thursday notice, the US Department of Justice said it froze, seized and began forfeiture proceedings on more than $578 million in digital assets tied to criminal groups. The actions, carried out over three months by the District of Columbia's Scam Center Strike Force established by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro in November, target Southeast Asian crypto-related fraud.

On Thursday, Representatives Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Cline and Zoe Lofgren introduced the Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act to curb prosecutions of developers without custody or control of others' crypto assets by narrowing Section 1960. The Blockchain Association and the DeFi Education Fund backed the proposal, which they say could influence cases involving Roman Storm and Samourai Wallet.

In a filing in the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered U.S. prosecutors to answer Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a new criminal trial by March 11. The former FTX CEO, convicted on seven felony counts and sentenced to 25 years in prison, argues that new witness testimony could change his case, while the White House has reportedly indicated that President Donald Trump is not considering a pardon.

In February 2026, the Dubai Land Department launched the second phase of its real estate tokenization pilot after roughly $5 million in property was tokenized into about 7.8 million tradable tokens. Infrastructure partner Ctrl Alt will issue Asset-Referenced Virtual Asset management tokens on the XRP Ledger, with Ripple Custody securing onchain transactions, while DarGlobal and Trump-backed World Liberty Financial plan to tokenize the development phase of a Trump-branded resort in the Maldives through Securitize.

On Wednesday, lawmakers and industry leaders are set to convene at Mar-a-Lago for a crypto policy forum organized by World Liberty Financial, co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. Ahead of the gathering, WLFI climbed more than 23% to about $0.12 from $0.10, with 24-hour volume above $466 million, while President Trump was not slated to appear.

CFTC chair Michael Selig said the agency filed an amicus brief to protect its exclusive authority over prediction markets and cautioned that state-level challenges would be met in court. His comments accompanied ongoing state actions targeting event-contract platforms, a Wall Street Journal op-ed he authored, a letter from 23 senators urging restraint, and a November court hearing he referenced.

On Monday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a civil enforcement action in the First Judicial District Court against Coinbase Financial Markets, alleging it offered unlicensed wagers on sports event contracts. The regulator is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to halt Coinbase's operation of a derivatives exchange and prediction market tied to sporting bets, shortly after Coinbase announced prediction markets across all 50 U.S. states through a partnership with Kalshi.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the country will move to ban social media access for children under 16 and mandate age verification, with legal changes starting next week. He added that executives could face criminal liability for failures to remove illegal or hateful content. Sánchez announced the measures at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.

According to CertiK, physical coercion of crypto wallet holders increased sharply in 2025, with 72 verified cases worldwide and an approximate 75% rise from 2024. Confirmed losses reached $40.9 million, while France tallied 19 incidents and Europe accounted for about 40% of global cases. The firm warned this threat now sits at the center of ecosystem risk.