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CFTC enforcement against Goliath Ventures and Kalshi

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2026-08-12 06:33 UTC → 2026-08-12 10:45 UTC · added removed

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken legal action and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have filed civil lawsuits against Florida-based Goliath Ventures Inc. and its CEO, Christopher Delgado, for allegedly orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. Initial reports indicate Regulators claim the scheme involved firm raised between $397 million and $425 million from approximately 1,611 customers 1,300 to 1,600 investors by promising monthly returns of 3% to 10% through purported Bitcoin and totaled roughly $397 million. Ether liquidity pools. The CFTC SEC alleges that promised trading never occurred; instead, no funds were actually invested; instead, money was used to pay fictitious profits to earlier investors and to finance Delgado’s personal lifestyle, including luxury vehicles, real estate, and a yacht. The complaint specifies that $174 million went to directors and employees, $87 million was used for customer payouts, and $48 million was siphoned by Delgado personally. travel. Delgado had previously has already pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in June. In addition charges, including conspiracy to the CFTC’s civil action, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed its own civil action against the company commit wire fraud and its CEO. The CFTC money laundering, admitting to causing at least $250 million in investor losses. His criminal sentencing is seeking scheduled for October 21. The civil actions seek restitution, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, disgorgement, civil penalties, and permanent bans on future trading and registration. In subsequent developments, bans. Separately, the CFTC’s enforcement activities expanded to include an intervention in a separate legal matter involving KalshiEX, LLC. The federal agency exercised CFTC has invoked emergency authority to protect Kalshi the prediction market KalshiEX, LLC from a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General, which sought General. The state seeks over $36 billion in damages. damages, alleging Kalshi operates an unlicensed gambling business. The CFTC argued maintains it has exclusive jurisdiction over these interstate financial markets under the Commodity Exchange Act, arguing that federal oversight is necessary to maintain a uniform national market for derivatives and to prevent state-level regulation of interstate financial markets, stating that Congress did not intend for such exchanges to be from being subject to a ‘patchwork of state gaming laws.’

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  1. 2026-08-12 10:45 UTC CFTC enforcement against Goliath Ventures and Kalshi
  2. 2026-08-12 06:33 UTC CFTC enforcement against Goliath Ventures and Kalshi
  3. 2026-08-11 23:31 UTC CFTC enforcement against Goliath Ventures and Kalshi

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