The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken decisive action against the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, disrupting its operations and indicting key executives for alleged involvement in large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion.

This article explains a real case involving a trader whose futures position was liquidated incorrectly on Bitget exchange. The incident shows how technical errors, unclear explanations, and lack of transparency can cause major financial losses for users.

On July 30, 2025, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet – Keonne Rodriguez (CEO) and William Lonergan Hill (CTO) – entered guilty pleas in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business under 18 U.S.C. § 1960.

The landmark case of Craig Wright v. Kleiman Estate represents one of the most consequential civil disputes in the evolving intersection of cryptocurrency, blockchain forensics, and digital asset ownership.