US Treasury Extends Free Cyber Threat Intelligence to Cryptocurrency Sector

The U.S. Treasury expands its free cyber threat intelligence program to include crypto firms, aiming to protect the industry from state-sponsored hacks.

By: AXL Media

Published: Apr 11, 2026, 8:43 AM EDT

Source: Information for this report was sourced from SC Media

Bridging the Defense Gap in Digital Assets

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) has officially expanded its threat intelligence sharing circle to include the cryptocurrency industry. Under this new program, digital asset firms that meet specific agency requirements will receive real-time alerts and data on emerging cyber threats at no cost. This move signals a strategic shift in Washington, treating cryptocurrency platforms not as fringe financial entities, but as critical components of the national financial infrastructure that require the same level of protection as major commercial banks.

Combatting Sophisticated North Korean and Iranian Threats

The initiative arrives in response to a surge in high-profile attacks on crypto exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, many of which have been linked to state-sponsored actors. Recent intelligence highlights:

Asset Theft: Hackers have successfully exfiltrated hundreds of millions of dollars in single breaches to fund sanctioned regimes.

Infrastructure Targeting: A significant portion of internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the U.S. remain vulnerable to Iranian targeting, while North Korean "IT worker" schemes continue to infiltrate Western tech firms to plant malware.