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Chengbang Technology: First-half profit expected to reach 26 million yuan; semiconductor storage business revenue and net profit both saw significant year-on-year growth.
According to Mars Finance, Chengbang Co., Ltd. (603316.SH) announced that it expects its net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company for the first half of 2026 to be 26 million yuan, turning a loss into a profit year-on-year. The company's semiconductor storage business accounts for over 70% of its revenue and is its core business. During the reporting period, relying on the favorable global semiconductor storage market, the company's semiconductor storage business revenue and net profit increased significantly compared to the first half of 2025, showing improved profitability, but the absolute amount is still relatively small. Note: The company's Q2 net profit is estimated at 3 million yuan, and Q1 net profit at 23 million yuan. Based on this, Q2 net profit is expected to decrease by 89% quarter-on-quarter. (Cailian Press)
The US CFTC has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency pool operator Trevor Vernon, alleging a $14.8 million investment fraud.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, the US CFTC filed a lawsuit against Trevor Vernon and his company, Argent Capital Management, on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that between March 2022 and February 2026, Vernon operated a commodity pool involving stock index futures, options, and crypto assets, raising approximately $14.8 million from at least 60 investors and falsely advertising investment performance, thus committing investment fraud. The CFTC claims that the transactions resulted in losses exceeding $8.6 million for investors. Vernon allegedly concealed these losses and misappropriated approximately $3 million to pay returns to investors, operating in a manner "similar to a Ponzi scheme," and misappropriated $136,000 for private jet travel. The regulator also points out that the transactions involved commodities such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and is requesting the court to prohibit Vernon from continuing related trading and registration activities, recover illegal gains, impose civil penalties, and compensate investors.
The CFTC has charged a North Carolina man with a $14 million cryptocurrency and futures fraud.
According to Odaily Odaily, the U.S. CFTC has filed a lawsuit against Trevor Vernon, a North Carolina man, and his company, Argent Capital Management LLC, accusing them of defrauding approximately 60 investors of $14 million through a fake commodity Ponzi scheme. According to a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Vernon and his company operated commodity pools involved in trading across multiple asset classes, including stock index futures options, stock index futures contracts, and crypto assets. The CFTC stated that Vernon misled investors by claiming to be a "successful trader" through quarterly financial updates and monthly performance review emails, but in reality, he consistently incurred significant losses when using investor funds for trading. Regulators said Vernon had lost at least $8.6 million in futures, options, and crypto trading. The CFTC stated that its actual trading results were "consistent and catastrophic losses," significantly inconsistent with the profitability it presented to investors.
In the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market saw $314 million in liquidations, with bulls slightly in control.
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to CoinGlass data, 78,908 contract traders worldwide were forced to liquidate their positions in the past 24 hours, with a total liquidation amount of approximately $314 million. Of this, long positions accounted for approximately $180 million and short positions for approximately $134 million, with long positions representing about 57%. The largest single liquidation occurred on the Hyperliquid platform's BTC-USD contract, amounting to approximately $5.6877 million. By exchange, Binance saw the largest liquidation amount at approximately $136 million, followed by Hyperliquid at approximately $48.06 million, Bybit at approximately $36.98 million, OKX at approximately $27.84 million, and Gate at approximately $24.51 million. BTC and ETH were the main liquidation targets, recording approximately $137 million and $70.11 million in liquidations respectively in the past 24 hours.