Crypto.com Lawsuits: Litigation Tracker

Summary

Crypto.com is a party to 7 cases of the 74 on this tracker, involving 6 states.

Restricted (1)

• North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Crypto.com) v. State of Nevada

  No. 2:25-cv-00978 · No. 25-7187 · No. 26-344

  Affirmed against the platform (unpublished); cert petition filed9th Cir.; D. Nev. (Chief Judge Gordon) belowNV

  Crypto.com petitioned the Supreme Court (September 11, 2026; No. 26-344) after the Ninth Circuit affirmed against it by unpublished memorandum in August.Checked Sep 22, 2026

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• Connecticut cease-and-desist letters (December 2025)

  Ripened into a state enforcement actionConnecticut Department of Consumer Protection — administrative (Case No. 2025-77)CT

  Connecticut’s consumer-protection regulator ordered Kalshi, Robinhood and Crypto.com to stop offering sports event contracts in the state (December 2, 2025), triggering the platform suits and then the federal preemption suit against Connecticut.Checked Sep 22, 2026

Pending (5)

• Connecticut cease-and-desist orders to nine platforms (September 2026)

  Orders issued; first platform suit filedConnecticut Department of Consumer Protection — administrativeCT

  Connecticut ordered nine more platforms to stop offering sports event contracts (September 10, 2026) and issued about thirty subpoenas to vendors, app stores and media organizations.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)

  Pre-suit letters; response window runningMissouri Attorney General — pre-suit letters (no court proceeding)MO

  Missouri’s Attorney General told six platforms to stop offering sports event contracts or get licensed and taxed as sportsbooks (letters dated September 16, 2026).Checked Sep 22, 2026

• North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Crypto.com) v. James

  No. 1:26-cv-04980

  Preliminary injunction argued; decision pendingS.D.N.Y. (Judge Schofield)NY

  Judge Schofield heard Crypto.com’s preliminary-injunction motion on September 14, 2026, jointly with the federal government’s parallel motion, and did not rule from the bench.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Crypto.com) v. Brown

  No. 2:26-cv-02579

  Stayed pending the Ninth CircuitW.D. Wash. (Judge Coughenour)WA

  Stayed by stipulation (August 2026) pending Ninth Circuit resolution, under a negotiated order governing enforcement in the meantime.Checked Sep 22, 2026

• North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Crypto.com) v. Martin

  No. 1:25-cv-01285

  Stayed pending the Fourth CircuitD. Md. (Judge Maddox)MD

  Stayed by agreement (September 2025) pending the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Kalshi’s parallel Maryland appeal; no merits ruling has ever issued.Checked Sep 4, 2026

What Changed

Logged September 22, 2026

• New caseSeptember 16, 2026

  Missouri Attorney General cease-and-desist letters (September 2026)

  Missouri’s Attorney General told Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Novig, Underdog and Robinhood to stop offering sports event contracts or be licensed and taxed as sportsbooks. No suit has been filed by either side.

  Missouri AG — letter to Kalshi

• HearingSeptember 14, 2026

  North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Crypto.com) v. James

  Crypto.com’s preliminary-injunction motion was argued alongside the federal government’s before Judge Schofield. No ruling from the bench, and none reported since.

  DeFi Rate

• FilingSeptember 11, 2026

  North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Crypto.com) v. State of Nevada

  Crypto.com’s exchange arm petitioned the Supreme Court from its Ninth Circuit loss, No. 26-344, framing the question on the Third/Ninth Circuit split. Nevada’s response is due October 15, 2026.

  Supreme Court docket No. 26-344

• New caseSeptember 10, 2026

  Connecticut cease-and-desist orders to nine platforms (September 2026)

  Connecticut ordered nine more platforms — Polymarket, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Robinhood, ProphetX, Novig, Webull, Gemini and Underdog — to stop offering sports event contracts, and subpoenaed about thirty vendors, app stores and media organizations.

  Governor of Connecticut — announcement