The Securities and Exchange Commission filed 348 enforcement actions in fiscal 2026, down from 456 a year earlier, a decline of 23.7%. It was the agency’s lowest annual total since 1991 and the first full fiscal year under Chair Paul Atkins. The SEC charged three purported crypto trading platforms and four investment clubs over an alleged scheme that defrauded investors of at least $14 million. It also pursued a Bitcoin mining founder for misappropriating $48.5 million, settled charges against Francis Decker over failures in FTX’s audits and secured $1.07 million from Michael Noble in a BitConnect case. Crypto-related enforcement actions had already fallen to 13 in 2025 from 33 in 2024, while the SEC is using blockchain and financial-flow analysis to identify misconduct earlier.
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