US agencies have resolved crypto cases with orders, pleas and settlements worth billions of dollars. This ranks eleven large resolutions by the amount the agency’s own release states, and labels what each amount is: restitution, forfeiture, a fine, or a judgment that is suspended.
Data as of · announcements from Feb 9, 2023 to Aug 7, 2025 · amounts exactly as the DOJ, CFTC, SEC or FTC release states them · not a complete list
| Rank | Case | Agency | Amount stated | What the amount is | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FTX Trading and Alameda Research | CFTC | $12.7 billion | Restitution and disgorgement | Aug 8, 2024 | CFTC release 8938-24 |
| 2 | Samuel Bankman-Fried (FTX) | DOJ | $11 billion | Forfeiture | Mar 28, 2024 | DOJ press release |
| 3 | Celsius Network | FTC | $4.7 billion | Suspended judgment | Jul 13, 2023 | FTC press release |
| 4 | Terraform Labs and Do Kwon | SEC | more than $4.5 billion | Disgorgement and penalties | Jun 13, 2024 | SEC press release 2024-73 |
| 5 | Binance and Changpeng Zhao | DOJ (with FinCEN, OFAC, CFTC) | $4,316,126,163 (DOJ) | Forfeiture and criminal fine | Nov 21, 2023 | DOJ press release |
| 6 | OKX (Aux Cayes Fintech) | DOJ | more than $504 million | Forfeiture and criminal fine | Feb 24, 2025 | DOJ SDNY press release |
| 7 | KuCoin (Peken Global) | DOJ | more than $297 million | Forfeiture and criminal fine | Jan 27, 2025 | DOJ SDNY press release |
| 8 | Ripple Labs | SEC | $125,035,150 | Civil penalty | Aug 7, 2025 | SEC litigation release 26369 |
| 9 | Tai Mo Shan (Jump Crypto unit) | SEC | $123,095,287 | Disgorgement and penalty | Dec 20, 2024 | SEC press release 2024-212 |
| 10 | BitMEX (HDR Global Trading) | DOJ | $100 million | Criminal fine | Jan 15, 2025 | DOJ SDNY press release |
| 11 | Kraken (Payward Ventures and Payward Trading) | SEC | $30 million | Disgorgement and penalties | Feb 9, 2023 | SEC press release 2023-25 |
Amount stated = the largest total the agency’s own release gives for that resolution, as written. The amounts are not like for like: some are money to be paid, some are orders or judgments whose collection depends on bankruptcy proceedings (FTX, Terraform), one is suspended (Celsius) and one is an individual’s forfeiture (Bankman-Fried). The Binance row is the Justice Department’s total; the other agencies’ Binance actions the same day overlap with it and are described in its entry. Valuations of seized bitcoin, such as the roughly 127,271 BTC in the October 2025 Prince Group forfeiture complaint, are not resolutions and are not ranked; see the largest US government bitcoin seizures. DOJ release text was read through the Justice Department’s own press-release data feed. Not a complete list.
US enforcement of crypto spans several agencies: the Justice Department (DOJ) brings criminal cases, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bring civil ones, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) handles consumer protection, and Treasury’s FinCEN and OFAC enforce money-laundering and sanctions rules. The entries quote each release.
“The order requires FTX to pay $8.7 billion in restitution and $4 billion in disgorgement,” and the release says the CFTC will rank its claims behind victims in the bankruptcy and does not seek a civil penalty.1
He was “sentenced today to 25 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture.” This is an individual’s forfeiture order, not a company settlement.2
“The companies also agreed to a judgment of $4.7 billion, which will be suspended to permit Celsius to return its remaining assets to consumers in bankruptcy proceedings.” The amount is suspended, not money to be paid.3
“Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. and Do Kwon agreed to pay more than $4.5 billion.” The amount is shared between two defendants and was settled in the bankruptcy.4
“Binance has agreed to forfeit $2,510,650,588 and to pay a criminal fine of $1,805,475,575 for a total financial penalty of $4,316,126,163.” The same day Treasury announced a FinCEN penalty of $3.4 billion and an OFAC penalty of $968 million, and the CFTC $2.85 billion; DOJ says it will credit about $1.8 billion toward those resolutions, so the amounts overlap and are not added here.5
“OKX agreed to pay monetary penalties totaling more than $504 million,” made up of a criminal forfeiture of $420.3 million and a criminal fine of about $84.4 million.6
“PEKEN agreed to pay monetary penalties totaling more than $297 million,” made up of a criminal forfeiture of $184.5 million and a criminal fine of about $112.9 million.7
The SEC’s August 7, 2025 release announcing the end of both appeals describes “a final judgment by the district court that imposed a $125,035,150 civil penalty against Ripple.” The release announces the dismissals, not the judgment itself.8
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