The US Treasury Department has launched a cybersecurity information-sharing initiative for the digital asset industry, giving eligible US crypto firms and industry groups access to the same threat intelligence it already shares with traditional financial institutions. The program will run through the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection, or OCCIP, and the information will be provided at no cost.
The move gives crypto companies a direct link to a federal threat-sharing stream that had previously been geared toward banks and other established financial players. The Treasury tied the initiative to a recommendation in the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets report and said cyber resilience is becoming more important as digital asset firms take on a bigger role in the US financial system.
Treasury is bringing crypto into an existing financial-sector channel
Treasury said the initiative will provide timely and actionable cyber information to firms that meet its criteria, helping them identify, prevent, and respond to attacks targeting customer funds and internal networks. Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Luke Pettit said digital asset firms are now an increasingly important part of the US financial sector, presenting the move as a resilience measure rather than a limited trial.
That matters because the department is not building a separate crypto-only warning system from scratch. It is extending an intelligence feed already used by traditional financial institutions, a sign that the Treasury is starting to treat crypto platforms as part of core financial infrastructure when cyber risk is involved.
The push follows another heavy year for crypto theft
The Treasury’s announcement comes after a string of large hacks and thefts across the industry. Chainalysis said more than $3.4 billion in crypto was stolen from January through early December 2025, with North Korean hackers alone taking at least $2.02 billion, the highest annual total it has recorded for DPRK-linked theft.
Recent reporting has also linked the launch to a new wave of attacks in 2026, including the theft of about $280 million from Drift and a $3.6 million cyberattack disclosed by Bitcoin Depot this week. Treasury’s Cory Wilson said threats aimed at digital asset platforms are growing in both frequency and sophistication.
What changes for the industry now
The immediate benefit for crypto firms is access to government cyber warnings that can help security teams identify hostile infrastructure, active campaigns, and attack patterns sooner. Treasury has not yet explained which types of crypto companies will qualify or what standards firms will need to meet, leaving some of the program’s details unresolved.
Still, the direction is plain. Washington is no longer dealing with crypto only as a policy or enforcement issue. The Treasury is starting to connect the sector to the same defensive systems used across the rest of finance, which will raise expectations for how exchanges, custodians, and other digital asset operators manage cyber risk.
