Oct 9–10 digest: UK sanctions crypto exchanges, Ledger theft losses near $90M
- —UK sanctioned Cryptomus, TokenSpot and VexPay over Russia sanctions evasion
- —Ledger user losses rose to about $90M; Tether froze related USDT
- —CFTC proposed treating sports and political event contracts as swaps
- —Mashinsky permanently barred from crypto by New York settlement
Why it matters: Sanctions and probes into exchanges raise regulatory pressure, while the Ledger thefts undermine trust in hardware wallets.
Source: PANews