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The US Department of Justice is reportedly moving to drop charges against the founder of BitClub Network, a purported crypto mining platform that allegedly defrauded investors of $722 million between 2014 and 2019.A court filing shows Matthew Goettsche’s attorneys wrote to New Jersey district court Judge Claire Cecchi on Wednesday, stating that the parties “reached an agreement in principle” to resolve the pending charges “but need time to finalize the terms.”Goettsche’s attorneys’ letter to New Jersey district court Judge Claire Cecchi. Source: Bloomberg LawThe filing came after the deputy attorney general’s office in Washington reportedly ordered the New Jersey attorney…

In a wide-ranging conversation on CoinDesk Spotlight, Schultz laid out a view of Meta’s future in which agentic commerce is not a product category but an inevitability.”We think it might be the next tier of business for our entire company,” he told host, Sam Ewen.The Agentic Economy Is Already Here, But It’s Unevenly DistributedSchultz framed the agentic economy the same way science fiction author William Gibson framed the future: already present, not yet mainstream.”We are building business agents for all businesses,” he said. “We have over a million weekly active businesses with Meta agents[…] from basically nothing at the start…

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, today announced a landmark operational milestone: surpassing $1.1 billion in cumulative trading volume during its initial period of operation. This rapid ascent is supported by over 8.6 million total trades, positioning AFX as one of the fastest-growing decentralized derivatives platforms in the 2026 Web3 landscape. The most distinctive feature of AFX’s growth is its superior capital efficiency. While many decentralized protocols rely on massive Total Value Locked (TVL) to attract volume, AFX has achieved its $1.1 billion milestone with a lean TVL…

New York, USA, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire TrueDAO announced today the completion of a $10 million strategic funding round. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from Zee Prime Capital and Jump Capital. The proceeds will primarily fund core AI protocol development, AI-driven risk control, security audits, global compliance efforts, and the expansion of ecosystem partnerships. The journey to this milestone began a year ago when the TrueDAO team set out to build a decentralized financial infrastructure driven by smart contracts, on-chain reserves, dynamic adjustment mechanisms, and community governance. The initiative aimed to address challenges in the…

Victoria, Seychelles, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of its VVIP Futures Loss Coverage Program 2.0 from July 10 to July 30, 2026 (UTC), an upgraded initiative offering enhanced trading protection and a 1,000,000 USDT prize pool for futures users to share. The Loss Coverage Program 2.0 introduces three key enhancements. Losses Covered Instantly gives eligible VVIP users same-day compensation on qualifying losing trades, with coverage chances and limits tiered according to VVIP level. Elite VVIP users with a credit score of 800 or above enjoy real-time compensation upon triggering loss…

Polymarket prices BTC above $52K at 99.95% as CLARITY Act chatter builds Polymarket Holds Steady as CLARITY Act Timeline Becomes a Catalyst Narrative for Bitcoin July 11 Strikes Polymarket’s “Bitcoin above ___ on July 11?” ladder is pricing a high-confidence floor at the lower strikes, with $335,670 traded and the leading $52,000 outcome sitting at 99.95% Yes. The setup comes as traders digest a Washington-focused catalyst narrative tied to the CLARITY Act timeline, but the ladder shows where conviction fades at higher levels. Key Takeaways Polymarket implies a 99.95% chance Bitcoin is above $52,000 on July 11 (and 99.05% above…

Paul Grewal, who has served as Coinbase’s chief legal officer since 2020, announced that he would transition to an advisory role at the exchange starting on July 31.In a Thursday X thread and LinkedIn post, Grewal said Coinbase’s legal vice presidents Molly Abraham and Ryan VanGrack would step into new roles as general counsel and vice chair, respectively, following his departure at the end of the month. Abraham said that she would “take the helm” at the exchange’s legal team. Source: Paul GrewalWhoever steps into Grewal’s shoes as the exchange’s next chief legal officer would likely have significant influence over…

Average requests rose to 10.3% of shares from 9.7% in Q1, but ranged widely (1.3%–38.1% at Blue Owl’s OTIC), Fitch said. Many requests were follow-ups from investors who were only partly satisfied last quarter. New inflows fell by about 56% on average, so most funds saw net outflows of roughly 3% of the prior quarter’s net asset value.What’s concerning, for private credit, is that Fitch expects continued redemptions in the months ahead. “With BDCs capping redemptions at 5% quarterly, unfulfilled requests will lead to persistent elevated redemptions for many firms in the coming quarters,” ratings agency Fitch warned,” the ratings…

Eightco treasury composition as of July 8, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $397 million Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), expanding access to millions OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its…

New York, USA, July 9th, 2026, Chainwire New VIP Trading Badges give high-volume traders access to CEX-style fee discounts, card rewards and expanded spending power—without surrendering custody of their assets Tria, the leading self-custodial neofinance platform, today became the first platform to bring VIP trading to self-custody, giving high-volume traders access to institutional-style trading rewards without giving up ownership of their digital assets. For years, active traders have faced a tradeoff. The deepest fee discounts and richest rewards were available only on centralized exchanges, where users had to relinquish custody of their assets. Self-custody offered control, but not comparable VIP…