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U.S. DOJ Disbands Crypto Enforcement Team, Shifts Focus Under Trump Administration!

Crypto Compliance tamir - April 9, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has disbanded its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), a unit established under the Biden administration to combat illicit crypto activity. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the immediate dissolution in an April 8 memo, criticizing the prior administration’s “reckless strategy of regulation by prosecution” and asserting that the DOJ “is not a digital assets regulator.”

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