Crypto.com Lawsuits: Litigation Tracker

Summary

Crypto.com is a party to 11 cases of the 90 on this tracker, involving 9 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  Affirmed against the platform (unpublished); cert petition filed9th Cir.; D. Nev.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Crypto.com petitioned the Supreme Court (September 11, 2026; No. 26-344) after the Ninth Circuit affirmed against it by unpublished memorandum in August.Checked Nov 8, 2026

Blocked for Market (2)

• United States v. State of Illinois

  No. 1:26-cv-03659 · No. 26-3266

  Preliminary injunction entered; Illinois has appealed (7th Cir.)U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisIL

  Judge Pacold entered a preliminary injunction on October 30, 2026, in all three Illinois cases. It bars Illinois from enforcing its sports-wagering licensing law, related criminal provisions, and associated fees and taxes against swaps, including sports event contracts, traded on or through CFTC-regulated exchanges and brokers. Illinois appealed to the Seventh Circuit the same day.Checked Nov 8, 2026

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

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

  Also named: Kalshi, Robinhood

  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 Nov 8, 2026

Pending (8)

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

  Deadlines passed; Novig, Crypto.com and Kalshi suedMissouri Attorney General — pre-suit letters (no court proceeding)MO

  Also named: Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, Novig, Underdog

  Novig and Crypto.com’s exchange sued Missouri’s Attorney General and Gaming Commission officials as the thirty-day windows closed (October 16, 2026), and Kalshi followed on October 27 after its extended deadline drew no assurance of non-enforcement.Checked Nov 8, 2026

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

  No. 4:26-cv-00969

  Filed; no rulingW.D. Mo. (Judge Kays)MO

  Crypto.com’s exchange (OG.com) sued Missouri’s Attorney General and Gaming Commission as their cease-and-desist deadline expired (October 16, 2026).Checked Nov 8, 2026

• North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. v. Brown

  No. 2:26-cv-01056

  Filed; no rulingD. UtahUT

  Crypto.com’s exchange (OG.com) sued Utah’s Attorney General and three deputies in federal court (October 26, 2026).Checked Nov 8, 2026

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

  Orders issued; three platforms reported to have withdrawn, one suedConnecticut Department of Consumer Protection — administrativeCT

  Also named: Polymarket, Robinhood, Coinbase, Novig, Gemini, Webull, Underdog, ProphetX

  Connecticut ordered nine more platforms to stop offering sports event contracts (September 10, 2026). By early October state officials had told reporters that ProphetX, Gemini and Webull had withdrawn from the state, and Underdog had sued.Checked Nov 8, 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 Nov 8, 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 Nov 8, 2026

• Coalition for Fair Markets v. Coleman

  Filed; claims being litigated in the federal caseFranklin Circuit Court (No. 26-CI-00667)KY

  Also named: Kalshi, Polymarket

  Kalshi, Crypto.com and Polymarket US, through the Coalition for Fair Markets, sued to block Kentucky’s 14.25% prediction-market tax and its licensee contracting ban (June 12, 2026).Checked Nov 8, 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 Nov 8, 2026

What Changed

November 2026

• FilingNovember 6, 2026

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

  Nevada asked the Supreme Court for a second extension, to December 7, to respond to the cert petition from Crypto.com’s exchange (No. 26-344); the exchange consents. The Court had not acted on the request as of November 6.

  Nevada’s letter to the Clerk, No. 26-344 (Nov. 6, 2026)

October 2026

• RulingOctober 30, 2026

  United States v. State of Illinois

  Judge Pacold entered a preliminary injunction in all three Illinois cases. It bars Illinois from enforcing its licensing law, fees, taxes and criminal provisions against swaps, including sports event contracts, on CFTC-regulated exchanges and brokers. Illinois appealed to the Seventh Circuit the same day (No. 26-3266).

  Preliminary injunction, N.D. Ill. No. 1:26-cv-03659 (ECF 105)

• New caseOctober 26, 2026

  North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. v. Brown

  Crypto.com’s exchange, doing business as OG.com, sued Utah’s Attorney General and three deputies in federal court, the same day the United States and the CFTC sued Utah.

  Complaint p. 1, D. Utah No. 2:26-cv-01056

• New caseOctober 16, 2026

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

  Crypto.com’s exchange, now doing business as OG.com Prediction Markets, sued Missouri’s Attorney General and Gaming Commission in the Western District of Missouri the same day, pleading express, field and conflict preemption.

  Complaint, W.D. Mo. No. 4:26-cv-00969

• FilingOctober 16, 2026

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

  Missouri’s thirty-day deadlines passed without a suit by the State. Novig and Crypto.com’s exchange sued in federal court instead; Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood and Underdog had not, as of the latest docket checks.

  Complaint, Ludlow Exchange, LLC d/b/a Novig v. Hanaway, E.D. Mo. No. 4:26-cv-01780

• FilingOctober 8, 2026

  United States v. State of Illinois

  In a joint report filed in all three Illinois cases, every party, Illinois included, said no separate fee briefing is needed, because the state’s sports-wagering taxes apply only to licensees and the coming injunction against the licensing requirement covers them. The October 29 deadline for a proposed injunction stands.

  Joint status report, N.D. Ill. No. 1:26-cv-03659 (ECF 101)