U.S. authorities have charged two individuals in a massive crypto investment scam involving OmegaPro, a fraudulent global scheme that lured investors with promises of high returns and secure trading strategies. According to the Department of Justice, the scheme raised over $650 million in cryptocurrencies from investors around the world before allegedly funneling those funds into wallets controlled by insiders.

This high-profile case highlights the growing risks in the digital asset space, especially when it comes to unregulated crypto investment platforms that rely on social media hype and multi-level marketing tactics.

The Mechanics Behind the OmegaPro Crypto Scam

Founded in early 2019, OmegaPro was presented to the public as a legitimate crypto trading and investment platform offering access to exclusive, high-performance trading strategies. The operation also used a multi-level marketing (MLM) structure to recruit new investors, incentivizing top promoters to grow the scheme further.

What made OmegaPro appealing to unsuspecting investors was its slick marketing—featuring lavish events, high-end branding, and a promise of life-changing profits. However, U.S. prosecutors say the entire premise was built on lies. The so-called trading strategies were never verified, and investors were not told the truth about where their funds were going.

Instead of being invested, the money was allegedly misappropriated. According to the indictment, Michael Shannon Sims, identified as OmegaPro’s founder, and Juan Carlos Reynoso, said to be head of Latin American operations, directed investor funds into private wallets for their own use and to reward top-level promoters.

U.S. and International Agencies Take Action

The charges—conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering—were announced by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Stephen Muldrow. “As alleged in the indictment, the defendants operated a global fraud scheme through OmegaPro that deceived investors with false promises of extraordinary returns, only to misappropriate hundreds of millions of victim funds,” Muldrow stated.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, and the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement — a coalition of tax authorities from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and the Netherlands — are jointly leading the investigation. The cross-border nature of the operation and the size of the fraud triggered international cooperation rarely seen in white-collar crypto cases.

What This Means for Crypto Investors

The OmegaPro case is the latest in a string of crypto investment scams that have exposed how easily bad actors can exploit investor greed, technological confusion, and regulatory loopholes. While cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) have legitimate investment appeal, the absence of oversight in many corners of the digital asset market leaves room for fraudsters to operate unchecked.

This case serves as a reminder that investors must exercise caution—especially when platforms promise guaranteed returns, rely heavily on referral-based recruiting, or lack transparency regarding how funds are used. Due diligence remains critical in a market where innovation often outpaces regulation.

Lessons From the $650 Million Scam

Although the defendants have not yet been convicted and are presumed innocent until proven guilty, the scope and method of the alleged fraud offer several takeaways for everyday investors:

• Avoid platforms with unclear business models

• Be wary of high-return promises with low risk

• Check for registration or regulatory oversight

• Don’t rely solely on social media hype or influencer endorsements

As law enforcement catches up with crypto crime, more crackdowns like the OmegaPro case may be on the horizon. Until then, the best protection for investors is knowledge—and skepticism.

As the crypto industry matures, cases like OmegaPro underline the urgent need for stronger oversight and investor education. While blockchain technology holds immense promise, it also attracts bad actors. Staying informed, asking tough questions, and avoiding “too good to be true” offers remain the best defense against future crypto investment scams.

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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Following its homepage redesign in May, Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN, collectively referring to the WSPN Group of entities) today announced a significant expansion of its website into a comprehensive platform showcasing the company’s complete operations, solutions, ecosystem, and regulatory framework. This marks a key step in WSPN’s evolution from innovative concept to enterprise-grade payment infrastructure provider.

The enhanced Solutions section showcases WSPN’s full product suite, highlighting the company’s growth beyond basic stablecoin offerings. This includes WUSD, the flagship 1:1 USD-pegged stablecoin, alongside the Global Treasury Platform, the Adaptive Payments Network with its Wallet-as-a-Service and API infrastructure, and the On-Chain Financial Suite with advanced institutional capabilities. This portfolio caters to both individual users and institutions building sophisticated financial applications.

A new Transparency section provides clear visibility into WSPN’s global compliance and regulatory approach, detailing the company’s licensing strategy across key jurisdictions. This transparency reinforces WSPN’s operational scale, processing over $10 million in daily transactions for more than 600 institutional clients.

The Ecosystem section demonstrates WSPN’s real-world impact with partner showcases and case studies, highlighting successful implementations across various industries and geographies. It also outlines partnership opportunities, underscoring WSPN’s commitment to collaborative growth.

Finally, the Company section provides comprehensive information about WSPN’s mission, vision, and values, along with corporate resources, reinforcing the company’s foundation and commitment to reshaping digital payments.

The platform maintains WSPN’s core operational strengths: sub-5-minute mint/burn operations, 24/7 lossless swaps, and multi-chain availability. The enhanced documentation and developer-friendly resources solidify WSPN’s position as a leading infrastructure provider for building scalable fintech solutions.

Visit www.wspn.io to explore the expanded platform.

About WSPN

WSPN is a leading provider of next-generation stablecoin infrastructure, committed to building a more secure, efficient, and transparent payment solution for the global economy. Their flagship product, WUSD stablecoin, is pegged 1:1 to the U.S. Dollar and aims to optimize secure digital payments for Web3 users. WSPN’s Stablecoin 2.0 approach prioritizes user-centricity, community governance, and accessibility, paving the way for widespread stablecoin adoption.

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SINGAPORE, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) (“Canaan” or the “Company”), an innovator in crypto mining, today released its unaudited bitcoin mining update for the month ending June 30, 2025.

Management Commentary

“Our June production numbers demonstrated the resilience of our mining operations,” said Nangeng Zhang, chairman and chief executive officer of Canaan, “Following a record-breaking May, June production totaled 88 bitcoins, primarily due to a temporary reduction in operating hashrate. The decrease was primarily due to reduced uptime from weather-related curtailment and maintenance. During the month, certain areas of Texas were impacted by both severe storms and continuous high temperatures, resulting in our hosting partner shutting down some machines for site safety as well as site maintenance. In Ethiopia, our 100% green mining activities had a lower uptime due to seasonal drought-related national electricity restrictions.

“Importantly, we continued to build our bitcoin reserves, closing June with a record high of 1,484 bitcoins in our total cryptocurrency holdings. This milestone underscores both our financial strength and our long-term commitment to strategically accumulating bitcoin. This marks a new record for our cryptocurrency holdings, reinforcing our financial flexibility and commitment to building strategic bitcoin reserves.

“At the same time, we continued advancing our North American expansion, with approximately 1 EH/s of new computing power currently en route to our U.S. facilities. Installation is on track for completion by the end of July 2025, further strengthening our operational presence in the region.

“Additionally, in light of ongoing market challenges, we remain focused on protecting shareholder value. We continued executing our stock repurchase program throughout June, demonstrating our confidence in the Company’s long-term prospects and underscoring our disciplined capital allocation strategy.”

Notes:
1.  Defined as the total number of bitcoins owned by the Company on its Balance Sheet including any bitcoins receivable, excluding bitcoins that the Company has received as customer deposits.
2.  Defined as the weighted average percentage that Canaan would share from the total revenues generated according to the applicable joint mining arrangements if 100% of the mining machines consisting of Installed Computing Power (as defined below) were energized.
3.  Defined as the weighted average cost of power if 100% of the mining machines consisting of Installed Computing Power were energized.

Notes:
4.  Defined as the amount of computing power that could theoretically be generated if all mining machines that have been energized are currently in operation including mining machines that may be temporarily offline.
5.  Defined as the sum of Energized Computing Power and computing power that has been installed but not yet energized, if any.
6.  Defined as the amount of computing power that has been delivered to the country where each mining project is located in but not yet installed.
7.  Defined as the sum of Installed Computing Power and Expected Computing Power.
8.  The Company brought offline approximately 0.59 EH/s of mining computing power in Kazakhstan and expects to uninstall the remaining 0.22EH/s in the region in July 2025 due to the change in commercial conditions.

Recent Corporate Updates:

Executive Share Purchase
On June 9, 2025, the Company announced that its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer have acquired an aggregate of 817,268 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) at an average price of US$0.76 per ADS, demonstrating their continued confidence in the Company’s long-term prospects.

US$30 Million Stock Repurchase Program
On May 27, 2025, the Company announced that its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to US$30 million worth of its outstanding (i) American depositary shares (“ADSs”), each representing 15 Class A ordinary shares, and/or (ii) Class A ordinary shares, over the next six months starting from May 27, 2025.

Recent Operational Update:

Expansion of Self-Mining Operations
The Company has shipped approximately 1?EH/s of additional computing power to U.S. sites. These machines are expected to come online by the end of July 2025, underpinning its North American expansion strategy.

About Canaan Inc.

Established in 2013, Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), is a technology company focusing on ASIC high-performance computing chip design, chip research and development, computing equipment production, and software services. Canaan has extensive experience in chip design and streamlined production in the ASIC field. In 2013, Canaan’s founding team shipped to its customers the world’s first batch of mining machines incorporating ASIC technology in bitcoin‘s history under the brand name Avalon. In 2019, Canaan completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market. To learn more about Canaan, please visit https://www.canaan.io/.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Canaan Inc.’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Canaan Inc. may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Forms 20-F and 6-K, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Canaan Inc.’s beliefs and expectations, such as expectations with regard to revenue or mining hash rate deployment, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company’s goals and strategies; the Company’s future business development, the ability of the company to execute against its goals, financial condition and results of operations; the expected growth of the bitcoin industry and the price of bitcoin; the Company’s expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of its products, especially its bitcoin mining machines; the Company’s expectations regarding maintaining and strengthening its relationships with production partners and customers; the Company’s investment plans and strategies, fluctuations in the Company’s quarterly operating results; competition in its industry; changing macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, including evolving international trade policies and the implementation of increased tariffs, import restrictions, and retaliatory trade actions; and relevant government policies and regulations relating to the Company and cryptocurrency. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Canaan Inc. does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

Investor Relations Contact

Canaan Inc.
Xi Zhang
Email: IR@canaan-creative.com

ICR, LLC.
Robin Yang
Tel: +1 (347) 396-3281
Email: canaan.ir@icrinc.com

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Cryptocurrency investment products are booming. As institutional interest grows and spot ETFs gain traction, crypto funds have reached an all-time high of $188 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of July 2025. This milestone underscores the expanding legitimacy of digital assets and the increasing investor appetite for regulated exposure to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

Over the past 12 weeks alone, crypto funds have seen $18 billion in cumulative inflows, with $1.04 billion entering just last week. The majority of that capital continues to flow into U.S.-based products, led by dominant names such as BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), which now holds $73.6 billion in assets.

U.S. Crypto Funds Dominate Global Inflows

While crypto investment funds are gaining traction globally, the United States remains the epicenter. U.S.-listed funds attracted $1 billion in inflows last week, dwarfing contributions from Germany ($38.5 million) and Switzerland ($33.7 million). Analysts attribute this dominance to regulatory clarity and the strong performance of spot Bitcoin ETFs launched earlier this year.

Bitcoin ETFs continue to be the primary draw, pulling in $790 million in the last seven days. This sustained demand has helped push Bitcoin prices near record highs, with the flagship crypto currently trading at $108,650, up 16% year-to-date.

U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have now seen $14.5 billion in net inflows for 2025, collectively managing nearly $128 billion in assets.

BlackRock and IBIT Lead the ETF Race

Leading the crypto ETF surge is BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT), which has cemented its position as the largest spot Bitcoin ETF with $73.6 billion in AUM. The success of IBIT has not only validated institutional demand but also demonstrated that mainstream financial products can serve as powerful vehicles for crypto adoption.

Other fund managers such as Fidelity, Ark Invest, and VanEck have also launched competing ETFs, but none have approached BlackRock’s scale. Analysts suggest that BlackRock’s reputation and broad distribution channels give it a significant edge among institutional and retail investors alike.

Ethereum and Altcoin Funds Gaining Ground

While Bitcoin funds dominate, Ethereum is gaining traction in its own right. Ethereum investment products just recorded their 11th consecutive week of inflows, totaling $226 million last week alone. Investors are increasingly bullish on Ethereum’s use in smart contracts, DeFi, and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).

The growing strength of Ethereum (ETH) funds has revived speculation that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could approve spot ETFs for other cryptocurrencies this year. Among the top candidates are Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP), both of which have shown strong market activity and ecosystem growth in 2025.

According to CME futures market data, traders now assign a 95% probability that the SEC will greenlight a batch of new crypto ETFs by the end of the year. This could include not only single-asset ETFs, but also index-style products tracking multiple cryptos.

What This Means for Investors

The record $188 billion AUM milestone reflects a broader institutional embrace of digital assets. Crypto funds, particularly ETFs, offer investors regulated and familiar structures to gain crypto exposure without the complications of self-custody or navigating decentralized exchanges.

The continued success of Bitcoin and Ethereum products signals maturing investor sentiment. The next frontier could include multi-asset crypto index ETFs, staking-based funds, and tokenized yield-bearing products that integrate with traditional finance.

As more crypto funds gain approval and adoption, expect these products to become mainstays in diversified portfolios — not just as speculative assets, but as long-term components of modern investment strategies.

With regulatory momentum building and inflows surging, 2025 could be the year crypto funds finally go fully mainstream. As more institutional players enter the space and governments refine crypto regulations, investors should expect broader product innovation, enhanced transparency, and deeper integration between digital assets and traditional financial markets. For savvy investors, this expanding universe of crypto investment vehicles represents not just a passing trend, but a transformational shift in how capital is allocated in the digital age. As always, careful due diligence remains essential, but the opportunity for long-term growth in crypto funds has never been more compelling.

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