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The incident has forced firms to manually process derivatives trades. Ransomware gang Lockbit has threatened to publish stolen data unless a ransom is paid.

Investments in financial industry sector funds will be prohibited. The SEC will be able to collect employee trading data via an automated electronic system.

Charles Schwab, Robinhood, Virtu Financial and Citadel Securities are among the firms that submitted claims. The total impact is estimated at over $20mn.

The sanctions come two years after the February 2021 military coup. Myanmar's air force is among the targets for its civilian bombing campaign.

Celsius, now in bankruptcy, used customer funds to prop up the price of its own token for years, including to allow insiders to cash out.

The US regulator is inquiring into how investment advisers assess third-party custodians used to hold clients' crypto assets.

Gemini emphasised connections to the FDIC when customers asked if their assets were safe. Almost $1bn in customer assets have since been frozen on the platform.

The DOJ asked for a communications ban against Bankman-Fried as an additional bail condition. Last week, a 116-page list of the FTX's creditors was filed to the bankruptcy court.

The Fed Board considers that Custodia's business model and proposed focus on crypto-assets presented "significant safety and soundness risks".

“Simply put, using lawful means, we hacked the hackers,” said deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco.