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Crypto Negative Intelligence Tracker

A structured, queryable database for adverse crypto signals: enforcement, investigations, warnings, policy hearings, listing friction, scam infrastructure, hacks, insolvency, AML red flags, and jurisdiction-level risk movement.

3Total signals
1Tier 1 confirmed
3Jurisdictions
3Sectors

Negative intelligence tiers

TierLabelCriteria
Tier 1Confirmed regulatory or judicial actionOfficial enforcement, court order, license suspension, prosecution, fine, asset seizure, formal warning, or regulator-published restriction.
Tier 2Credible negative signalPolicy hearing, official consultation with adverse implications, credible investigation, reported listing rejection/delisting, major exploit, solvency stress, or verified market-access restriction.
Tier 3Watchlist / early warningSingle-source adverse report, sector-level risk shift, socialized allegation, recurring red-flag pattern, or adjacent enforcement that may affect comparable projects.
2026-05-15 Tier 2

Crypto scam compounds

Draft cyber-scam legislation proposes capital punishment for violent scam-compound offenses.

MM Myanmar Government Scam infrastructure medium confidence
AMLhuman traffickingscam infrastructurecross-border enforcement

Myanmar's draft cyber-scam bill is not a completed enforcement action, but it is a negative intelligence signal for crypto-facilitated scam infrastructure and regional AML pressure.

Listing post-mortem use: Raises risk weight for projects, wallets, payment rails, or exchanges with exposure to Southeast Asia scam-compound flows.
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2026-05-14 Tier 2

DeFi and offshore VASPs

AUSTRAC flags DeFi and offshore VASPs as money-laundering blind spots.

AU AUSTRAC Exchange / DeFi / AML high confidence
AMLoffshore VASPDeFitraceability

The AUSTRAC risk snapshot expands the negative intelligence surface beyond completed enforcement into AML blind spots likely to shape future supervision.

Listing post-mortem use: Use as jurisdiction-risk context when a token or venue has heavy offshore VASP routing, DeFi liquidity, or weak attribution controls.
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2026-05-13 Tier 1

Banco Topazio

Central bank action reportedly suspends OTC virtual asset activity over AML control failures.

BR Banco Central do Brasil OTC virtual asset activity medium confidence
AMLOTCcustomer due diligencebanking rails

Banco Topazio is a structured negative intelligence entry because it links AML failures, virtual asset OTC activity, and bank-supervised settlement infrastructure.

Listing post-mortem use: Increases risk weight for OTC-heavy liquidity routes and bank-linked settlement partners with weak CDD controls.
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