FBI holds virtual asset forum as crypto losses top $11 billion
The FBI convened an invitation-only Virtual Asset Technical Exchange in San Antonio in September, drawing several hundred investigators, foreign police partners and about 50 private participants, including TRM Labs and a presentation from Predicate's CEO on stablecoin compliance and the GENIUS Act. The meeting came as the FBI's IC3 logged 181,565 crypto complaints and over $11 billion in reported 2025 losses, while TRM linked roughly $643 million in first-half 2026 thefts to North Korea-linked actors and Chainalysis estimated about $104 billion flowed to sanctioned entities in 2025. The event underscores growing cross-border enforcement focus on crypto crime and sanctions evasion.
U.S. crypto complaints topped $11 billion in reported 2025 losses.
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The FBI held the invitation-only meeting in September after large reported crypto losses and high-profile hacks. Reports show thefts and sanctioned crypto inflows rose sharply. More tracing, enforcement and victim reporting to IC3 could…
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