Peken Global has agreed to pay $500,000 to the CFTC to resolve a civil lawsuit, because as an unregistered platform it illegally allowed U.S. residents to trade. The company did not admit the allegations, but agreed to avoid providing services to U.S. customers. The CFTC said that U.S. customers generated approximately $110 million in trading fees for it.

Jump Trading has responded to a lawsuit filed by Terraform Labs, calling it an attempt to shift responsibility for evading SEC penalties, and demanding dismissal of the related allegations. The lawsuit accuses Jump of market manipulation and fraud, seeking damages of $4 billion, but Jump contends that the lawsuit lacks merit and is time-barred.

The Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed adding new provisions to the Code of Administrative Offenses to impose fines of 700,000 to 1 million rubles on cryptocurrency exchangers in violation of regulations, which has been approved by the government. Licensed exchangers that violate transaction limits will face penalties, with the law expected to take effect in 2027.

Gate News reports that on March 19, an EU Commission spokesperson for digital economy affairs, Thomas Rennier, confirmed that American social media platform X has paid a €120 million fine issued by the EU in December of last year before the deadline, and submitted a remediation plan regarding its "blue verification" feature. The spokesperson also stated that despite X paying the fine, the platform is still appealing the penalty.

Gate News reported that on March 16, according to the International Telegraph Agency, Russian regulators fined Telegram 35 million rubles for failing to remove prohibited content.

The Korean Financial Commission will deliberate on penalties against CEX A on March 16 for suspected violations of anti-money laundering obligations, with potential fines of 37 billion Korean won, which are heavier than those imposed on another exchange, CEX B.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement: Gate has delisted trading markets for 38 tokens, including RUNECOIN, SHARE, WUF, BUBB, SN, SAKAI, TAP, CROS, MIS, FINE, INTR, BLOCKASSET, TALK, NOTAI, BSCPAD, OCT, GQ, EGP, YFDAI, DNOW, ANDR, MBS, AKV, NFTD, DOGE2, PSY, BAKED, YULI, BEES, MEMUSIC, VDA, AIEPK, BLS, MOVEZ, STZ, LEMD, STAGE, KIM, among others. The related trading pairs have been removed from the platform. Gate states that it has conducted buybacks of the relevant tokens stored on the platform, and the buyback amounts for eligible users have been credited to their Gate accounts. After delisting, users can still use Gate as a wallet for these tokens to store assets. The specific delisting time for wallet functions will be announced separately through future official notices.

The European Union fined X platform, owned by Musk, 120 million euros for violating the Digital Services Act. X platform has filed an appeal, claiming that the investigation was flawed and accusing procedural errors and rights infringements. This fine is the first penalty imposed by the EU under this law.

On February 12, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $4 million fine against peer-to-peer encryption platform Paxful. The company previously admitted that, lacking anti-money laundering and customer due diligence mechanisms, it had long transferred funds for criminals and profited directly from it. The related funds are said to be connected to human trafficking, scams, extortion, and illegal prostitution activities. Prosecutors disclosed that between January 2017 and September 2019, Paxful facilitated over 26 million transactions totaling nearly $3 billion, earning approximately $29.7 million in revenue. The Department of Justice pointed out that the company had promoted its platform as "no identity information required" and issued anti-money laundering policies that were not actually enforced, thereby attracting high-risk customers.