The Trump administration has reportedly stepped back from both active diplomacy and immediate military action against Iran.
The new approach is more about waiting Tehran out while tightening the economic pressure through sanctions. Instead of direct confrontation, Washington appears to be betting that sustained financial pressure will gradually weaken Iran’s position.
The SEC and CFTC have separately filed civil lawsuits against Goliath Ventures and its founder, Christopher Delgado, accusing them of running a massive crypto investment scheme.
The SEC says Goliath raised at least $425 million from more than 1,300 investors, promising monthly returns of 3% to 10% from crypto liquidity pools.
Regulators claim the money was never invested in those pools. Instead, funds from new investors were allegedly used to pay earlier clients, while accounts displayed fake balances and profits. At least $51 million was allegedly spent by Delgado on personal expenses.
The CFTC separately says around 1,600 customers deposited at least $397 million expecting the company to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum.
By November 2025, Goliath reportedly could no longer bring in enough new money to meet its obligations, and withdrawals stopped.
Keel Infrastructure has shut down all of its Bitcoin mining operations in the US and is now repurposing its energy and computing infrastructure for high-performance computing and AI.
The company’s Q2 revenue fell 50% year-over-year to $30 million, while operating losses reached $141 million, compared with an $11 million profit a year earlier. Part of the decline came after the closure of its Moses Lake mining site in April.
This is becoming a bigger trend across the mining industry. Power capacity and existing data center infrastructure are increasingly valuable for AI, and some miners are choosing to redirect their resources there. Keel is taking it a step further than most: it has completely walked away from Bitcoin mining in the US.
National Bank of Canada has disclosed a position in the Bitwise XRP ETF, holding 3,848 shares worth roughly $330,000.
The bank also holds several Bitcoin ETFs, bringing its total disclosed crypto ETF exposure to nearly $7 million.
Traditional banks are slowly getting deeper into crypto but through regulated products.
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Guren “Bobby” Zhou, who is behind Aqua 1, was previously arrested but has not been charged. The investigation remains active. In 2025, Aqua 1 bought $100M worth of WLFI tokens, becoming one of its largest known buyers. The source of the funds remains unclear.
Under World Liberty’s revenue structure, up to 75% of token-sale revenue can go to a Trump family-linked entity, meaning as much as $75M from the deal could potentially have gone there.
The 21-week EMA remains one of the most important levels for Bitcoin in this bear market.
Every recovery attempt so far has struggled around this EMA, and BTC still hasn’t managed to print three consecutive weekly closes above it.
Even if we see more upside from here, the EMA21 around $69.3K is still a major resistance zone. A clean break and hold above it would be the first serious sign that the structure is starting to change.
The controversial BIP-110 fork has gone live on Bitcoin, but miners clearly werent interested.
In roughly the first 8 hours, the new chain managed to mine only two blocks before effectively stalling. Miner support was just 2.53%, while the original Bitcoin network continued moving forward normally.
The problem is that enforcing these restrictions changes the consensus rules, and the Bitcoin ecosystem clearly didnt reach anything close to broad agreement.
The result speaks for itself: when almost all hashpower stays on the original chain, a minority fork doesnt have much room to survive.
