Crypto exchange Bittrex agrees to a $29.3M settlement with the US Treasury Department over potential liability for sanctions violations between 2014 and 2017 (Kollen Post/The Block)

Reuters:
South Korea’s privacy regulator fines Google $50M and Meta $22M for failing to obtain users’ consent when collecting behavioral information to show custom ads  —  South Korea levied fines running into millions of dollars on Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta Platforms (META.O) …

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions  —  Six users of Tornado Cash, a popular decentralized cryptocurrency service, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Treasury Department …

New York Times:
US crypto exchange Kraken agrees to pay $360K+ to the Treasury Department to settle accusations of sanctions violations involving transactions by users in Iran  —  The crypto exchange, which had been under investigation for violating U.S. sanctions, agreed to pay $360,000 to settle the allegations.

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
The SEC fines Oracle $23M for allegedly bribing officials in India, Turkey, and the UAE between 2016 and 2019, the second such fine after a 2012 settlement  —  – Oracle has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission after it was charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act …

Colin Wilhelm / The Block:
DC-based policy nonprofit Coin Center sues the US Treasury Department, saying the treasury overstepped its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash in August 2022  —  – The D.C.-based policy nonprofit sued the Treasury Department, saying it overstepped its authority when it sanctioned transaction mixer Tornado Cash in August.

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
FTC sanctions Uber-owned alcohol delivery company Drizly and its CEO for data privacy abuses; Drizly will have to implement new data controls and training  —  The agency’s rare decision to single out Drizly CEO Jason Rellas signals a new approach to data security abuses