DOJ Ends Crypto Team, Shifts Focus to Terrorism and Fraud

April 8, 2025, 12:20 pm

The Department of Justice has restructured its digital asset enforcement strategy by disbanding its dedicated crypto enforcement team. According to a memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the shift reallocates resources toward investigating terrorism financing and fraud cases. The updated approach aims to modernize enforcement practices amid a changing landscape in financial crime, ensuring that emerging threats are met with a more agile, decentralized response. This policy pivot reflects broader government efforts to prioritize national security over routine crypto-related prosecutions.


theverge.com / Trump’s DOJ will no longer prosecute cryptocurrency fraud

The Trump administration has disbanded a DOJ unit that enforced cryptocurrency fraud, ending its “regulation by prosecution” approach by instructing prosecutors to stop imposing regulatory frameworks on digital assets.

gizmodo.com / Justice Department Says It Will Pull Back on Prosecuting Crypto Fraud

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cnbc.com / DOJ ends crypto enforcement team, shifts focus to terrorism and fraud

The memo, sent by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, outlines a decentralized approach for digital asset cases.


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