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Goliath Ventures and its CEO, Christopher Alexander Delgado, are facing action from two US financial regulators over the same alleged crypto Ponzi scheme. The actions came two months after Delgado pleaded guilty to charges in the case. Regulators Target Goliath The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint against the company and Delgado in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed separate charges on the same day. The regulators allege that Goliath raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors by promising to generate profits through crypto asset trading and liquidity…

The closing down of BitMart has turned into a test of trust for the crypto exchange industry as a whole. Current and former employees and users already locked out of the exchange are demanding to know where their unpaid salaries and funds stand. The conflict arises as traders monitor the indicators of stress among mid-size exchanges. From the perspective of users, BitMart stands for the fact that an exchange can use terms like “responsible” and “orderly” when talking about shutting down the business while users are left waiting for their money. This difference between the official statements and the reality…

Bitcoin’s [$BTC] long-term holders (LTH) are beginning to change their behavior. This comes after accumulating at record levels, signaling a possible shift in the current cycle. LTH supply recently turned lower after climbing toward 16 million $BTC, while short-term holder supply remained comparatively subdued. This trend is similar to previous cycles of LTH supply curves, which reflect how early on experienced investors sell part of their portfolios when prices rise. That said, this cycle has developed differently. The first major price run-up was about 31 months long, compared to 8, 17, and 16 months from previous cycles. Source: CryptoQuant Continued…

Ethereum [$ETH] is reconsidering how it scales as the growing amount of network data makes running a full node increasingly demanding. As accounts and smart contracts expand, full execution nodes now require roughly 0.9 to 1.3 TB of storage. Moreover, baseline state growth can approach 100 GB annually, meaning higher throughput could make running nodes progressively more demanding. This explains why Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin is looking beyond simply processing more transactions and towards reducing what nodes must retain. Source: X On a post on X, he credited Bitcoin developers for Utreexo, a system that lets nodes store far less data.…

Something snapped in global markets on Tuesday, and AI fears were right at the center of it. Bitcoin dropped 2.7% to around $63,200 after the U.S. market close, dragged lower as a wave of selling swept through Asian tech stocks on concerns about whether the world’s massive bet on artificial intelligence infrastructure can actually hold up. The sell-off wasn’t just a crypto story — it hit semiconductors, futures, and chipmakers from Seoul to Amsterdam. Key takeaways Bitcoin fell 2.7% to around $63,200 after the U.S. market close; Ether, $XRP, and Solana also declined. South Korea’s Kospi plunged over 10%, with…

General Updates Neo released Neo-CLI v3.10.1, a patch update that sets the Gorgon hard fork activation heights, targeting TestNet on approximately July 24 and MainNet on Aug. 1. The release also fixes an RPC wallet bug that was breaking ordinary transfers since v3.10.0 was deployed to MainNet on June 26. BitGo integrated the Neo X network, making institutional-grade custody and wallet services available for the EVM-compatible sidechain. Neo Global Development announced the integration on July 7. Through the integration, institutional clients can now custody and manage Neo X assets using BitGo’s multi-signature wallet infrastructure. NGD stated the integration is aimed…

The CFTC is putting prediction market operators on notice: too many of them are filing incentive programs that don’t hold up to scrutiny, and some of those programs could be quietly encouraging the exact kind of trading behavior regulators are supposed to catch. In fresh guidance issued Wednesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission warned that cftc prediction markets oversight is running into a growing pile of paperwork that’s either incomplete or built around risky trading incentives. CFTC Enhances Guidance on Prediction Market Compliance The core message from the regulator is simple: firms trying to juice trading volume through rewards…

Changxin Memory Technology (CXMT) is set to expand its influence for crypto traders, as Binance prepares to launch a contract based on the A-list stock. After an $8.6B IPO, CXMT trading heated up on Hyperliquid. Changxin Memory Technology will start trading on Binance from August 18 onward, with a contract settled in USDT. CXMT is the most prominent stock contract from the latest wave of equity offers on Binance Futures. The listing of CXMT follows the earlier expansion of contracts, where Binance Futures also added SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. In August, Binance Futures accelerated the listing of equities contracts,…

Fortitude Mining, Digital Currency Group’s Zcash-focused miner, bought a 9.4% stake in Nasdaq-listed HeartSciences for about $1 million, giving its proposed merger partner cash for operating expenses while shareholder approval remains pending. The Aug. 12 private placement covered 411,522 HeartSciences common shares at $2.43 each. A beneficial ownership filing put Fortitude’s exact cash outlay at $999,998.46 and its post-purchase stake at approximately 9.4%. HeartSciences said the price represented a 22% premium to its closing share price on the purchase date. The target said it would use the net proceeds for operating expenses before the proposed combination closes, making the transaction…

Cryptocurrency asset management company Hashdex announced its decision to close and liquidate the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF (NYSE Arca: DEFI), which was traded in the US. With the completion of this decision, DEFI will be the first spot Bitcoin ETF to be shut down in the US. According to documents the company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the value of assets under management by the fund was approximately $14.7 million as of July 30, 2026. Hashdex’s total assets managed in other products offered to U.S. investors exceed $200 million. Hashdex announced that the decision to liquidate was…