A wallet that was suspected by the community to belong to Ansem(@blknoiz06) bought 2.04M $DIGIMON($50K) again 15 minutes ago.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently disclosed that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued supplemental consent orders to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and Alameda and FTX co-founder Gary Wang, formally resolving the CFTC’s enforcement cases against the two. Under the court orders, both Ellison and Wang must continue cooperating with CFTC investigations. Ellison has been imposed a 5-year trading ban and a 10-year registration ban, while Wang faces a 5-year trading ban and an 8-year registration ban. The terms of these bans start from the effective date of the initial consent orders signed by the pair on December 23, 2022. In 2022, the court found Ellison liable for two fraud charges brought by the CFTC and Wang liable for one fraud charge, permanently barring both from violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC anti-fraud rules. Notably, the CFTC is not seeking additional restitution, disgorgement of illegal proceeds, or civil penalties against Ellison and Wang in this case. The CFTC’s Enforcement Division stated this decision is partly based on the substantial cooperation the two provided during investigations and related litigation, including their guilty pleas in federal criminal cases and assistance in FTX-related probes. CFTC Enforcement Director David I. Miller noted that Ellison and Wang, as senior executives of Alameda and FTX, committed fraud and were found liable by the court, but their final penalties reflect the critical assistance they gave to CFTC investigations. Additionally, both have pleaded guilty in related criminal cases to multiple charges including conspiracy to commit commodity fraud, and are jointly liable for a forfeiture order of approximately $11.02 billion. This consent order marks the formal conclusion of the CFTC’s enforcement actions against Ellison and Wang.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has announced it will add trading support for four assets: Biconomy (BICO), BubbleMaps (BMT), Nillion (NIL), and Ether.fi Gas (GWEI). All four assets will be listed with BTC and USDT trading pairs. Specifically, BICO, NIL, and GWEI will be deposited via the Ethereum network, while BMT will use the Solana network. Trading is scheduled to open at 13:00 Korea Standard Time on August 21, with deposit services set to activate within two hours of the announcement’s release. Upbit stated that following the new assets’ listing, buy orders will be restricted for roughly five minutes, and only limit orders will be supported for approximately two hours—other order types are temporarily unavailable. If liquidity is insufficient before or after the listing, the trading opening time may be delayed.

Binance founder CZ posted on social media, stating that "everything should be tokenized". He views asset tokenization as a key method for countries to raise funds or attract foreign direct investment (FDI), as both nations and enterprises aim to sell tokenized stocks to global investors. CZ expressed support for advancing tokenization across all blockchains. While multi-chain development will lead to "liquidity fragmentation", this could be the fastest way to drive the tokenization market’s rapid expansion, given that multiple participants can collaborate to grow the industry. CZ added that high interchangeability between different issuers would help mitigate liquidity fragmentation to some degree, making interoperability a critical factor for the tokenization market’s development. Earlier, BNB Chain announced that the number of Real World Assets (RWA) holders on its network has reached 776,000, surging roughly 370% over the past 30 days, placing it among the industry’s leaders currently.

NFT content distribution platform XCAD Network announced in a statement that it will gradually cease operations. The project team said the company has no remaining funds, and keeping its token listed on exchanges has become a "doomed losing battle," while existing products and services will no longer be maintained. XCAD Network noted that the firm has operated for roughly 5 years, making it one of the few projects to sustain multi-year operations without securing a Tier 1 (T1) primary exchange listing. As retail investors gradually exit the crypto market, fan tokens failed to hit growth targets. The team had previously attempted to pivot to the AI influencer segment but ultimately fell short. The project added that there are insufficient funds to keep operations running, and it is considering open-sourcing the project code to let interested developers run it independently. However, this does not mean the company will continue operating, nor is it a project restart or re-launch. XCAD Network stated: "This is not a restart."

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held its inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee meeting this morning, during which Multicoin Capital co-founder Tushar Jain put forward three proposals. First, provide safe harbors or innovation exemption mechanisms for emerging markets such as computing power derivatives, allowing developers to test new products and business models within a compliant framework. Second, support decentralized finance (DeFi)’s adoption of compliant privacy and confidentiality tools, ensuring institutional investors’ transaction privacy while giving regulators sufficient transparency to identify and manage systemic risks. Third, back the launch of Pre-IPO perpetual futures, enabling ordinary U.S. investors to participate in the wealth growth of emerging industries like AI, avoiding exclusion due to private market access restrictions or being forced to participate indirectly through non-transparent special purpose vehicles (SPVs). Jain also noted he held discussions with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins on the same day, adding that he is optimistic about regulators’ efforts to advance financial innovation and the U.S.’s future development.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy said at a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Innovation Advisory Committee meeting this morning that trade.xyz and Hyperliquid are exerting a material impact on the U.S. market. trade.xyz is a major market builder on the Hyperliquid chain, focusing on perpetual contracts for stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO assets, with its trading volume accounting for a significant share of Hyperliquid’s total volume. Duffy has repeatedly publicly raised concerns about leverage and regulatory issues related to such offshore platforms. Furthermore, Duffy engaged in a heated exchange with CFTC Chairman Michael Selig and Kalshi Chief Operating Officer Luana Lopes Lara over the regulation of prediction markets. Duffy noted that some prediction market contracts carry manipulation risks, particularly those listed via self-certification. He cited certain contracts linked to content from Trump’s State of the Union address and the timeline of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s ouster as potential manipulation risks, stating that this is harmful to the entire industry.