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Santa ain’t real. Bitcoin is

[火币HTX六爷｜火币赚币 @HTX_Molly]

To everyone in the HTX community concerned about the recent news, I’d like to clarify the situation and reduce unnecessary panic and misinformation.

First, this is a relatively common compliance review process. We are actively communicating with all relevant parties to resolve misunderstandings as quickly as possible.

HTX also sees this as an opportunity to further strengthen our compliance and risk-control systems, helping the platform become even more resilient.

At present:
Platform operations are normal
User assets remain secure
Deposits, withdrawals, and trading are functioning normally

There is no need for excessive concern.

For users asking what they should do right now, there are two options:

1️⃣ Do nothing
You may simply wait while we complete communications with relevant parties and resolve the situation.

HTX has operated for 13 years and has weathered multiple market cycles and industry challenges. We remain fully committed to protecting user assets and platform security.

Our support team and I will continue to be available 24/7 to assist users.

2️⃣ If you still feel uncomfortable, you may temporarily withdraw assets on-chain
Deposits and withdrawals are currently operating normally, and users are free to make their own decisions.

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What happened?

On May 26, the UK Foreign Office announced a new round of Russia-related sanctions under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

The list included 18 crypto-related entities and individuals, including a company named “Huobi Global S.A.”

According to the UK statement, this entity allegedly provided financial services and technical support to the Russian exchange Garantex and the A7 crypto payment network.

However, there is one very important point many people misunderstand:

“Huobi Global S.A.” is not the same thing as the HTX exchange platform used by global users today.

Many people equate a brand name with a legal operating entity, but global businesses often operate through multiple legal entities across different jurisdictions for compliance purposes.

So:
Sharing a similar brand name does NOT mean sharing the same legal entity, operational structure, or asset system.

The HTX platform used by users today operates independently under its own structure.

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Why users should not panic

1️⃣ The sanctions target a specific legal entity

This is not a “brand-wide sanction.”

The UK sanctions apply to a specific listed entity and do not automatically extend to all businesses using similar branding.

The practical impact is also mainly limited to the UK financial and regulatory system.

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2️⃣ The sanctions mainly affect relationships inside the UK financial system

This may include:

Restrictions involving UK financial institutions
Suspension of payment or intermediary relationships
Asset-related measures within UK jurisdiction

But this does NOT mean:

Global user assets are frozen
HTX has stopped operating
Users cannot trade or withdraw funds

At this time, the platform continues to operate normally.

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Why did the situation escalate so quickly?

Some third-party blockchain security providers applied broad risk labels to related wallet addresses in a “one-size-fits-all” manner.

This affected certain normal user transactions and created unnecessary panic and speculation.

Our compliance, security, and legal teams are already communicating with the relevant parties, and we expect the issue to be resolved soon.

We understand the community’s concerns and will continue to communicate transparently.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us or our support team anytime.

[Evan Luthra @EvanLuthra]

🚨THE FBI CREATED A FAKE CRYPTOCURRENCY.. LISTED IT ON UNISWAP.. HIRED MARKET MAKERS TO PUMP IT.. THEN ARRESTED EVERYONE WHO SAID YES..

THIS IS THE CRAZIEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN CRYPTO HISTORY!!!

The FBI built an actual ERC-20 token on Ethereum called NexFundAI.. 100 billion token supply.. A professional website.. Whitepapers promising "passive income through AI-powered investing"..

It looked exactly like every other crypto project.. Because that was the point..

Undercover agents posed as the founding team.. Then reached out to professional market-making firms and said "we need you to fake our trading volume"..

Every single firm said yes..

Here's what they recorded..

Gotbit.. A firm run by a 26-year-old Russian who publicly bragged in 2019 that he built a business faking trade volumes.. His team kept internal spreadsheets with columns literally labeled "fake volume" vs "market volume"..

When asked how fast they could pump NexFundAI's volume to $1 million per day.. They said "6 hours.. It will cost about $200"..

$200 to fake $1 million in daily trading volume..

MyTrade.. Run by a guy who called himself "the mastermind".. He explained the exact psychology of the scam on camera..

"We make the chart look like a really nice roller coaster ride.. That's where people jump in.. We have to make them lose money in order to make profit"..

He said that on a recorded FBI video call..

CLS Global.. A Dubai-based firm.. Their bots generated 98% of NexFundAI's total trading volume.. When the FBI asked if they could sync fake volume spikes with fake news announcements.. They said absolutely..

ZM Quant.. Bots executing 10 to 20 trades per minute through dozens of wallets to look organic..

All of them knew it was fraud.. All of them did it anyway.. All of it was recorded..

And the clients were even worse..

Saitama.. A meme coin that hit $7.5 billion market cap.. The founders coordinated buys through private Telegram chats.. Sent "pump it" memes while manipulating the price.. Then dumped on retail investors..

$7.5 billion.. Built entirely on fake volume.. Every penny of real money came from retail investors who thought the momentum was organic..

One founder left Saitama and started Robo Inu.. Used Gotbit again.. Another launched VZZN.. Same playbook..

Lillian Finance.. Founder claimed to be a defense contractor who addressed Congress.. Marketed the token as funding children's hospitals.. Pocketed everything..

When the FBI shut it down.. They seized $25 million in one day.. 18 people indicted across the US, UK, and Portugal.. The CEO of Gotbit was arrested in Portugal and extradited.. Sentenced to 8 months plus $23 million forfeiture..

But here's the part that broke my brain..

Real people bought NexFundAI..

The FBI's fake token.. With zero utility.. Zero real developers.. Created solely to catch criminals.. Attracted real retail investors because the fake volume made the chart look bullish..

When the FBI pulled the liquidity to end the operation.. Those people lost real money.. On a government-issued token..

The FBI had to set up a restitution portal to pay them back..

And it gets worse..

Within 24 hours of the DOJ announcing the sting.. Someone cloned the FBI's exact smart contract.. Launched a copycat token.. Rode the viral momentum.. And made $127,000 in a single day..

Using the exact same manipulation tactics the FBI just arrested 18 people for..

Then in 2026.. The FBI did it again.. New token called Lexobit.. 10 more arrests.. Including operators extradited from Singapore..

IRS forensics showed that in one firm's trading.. 1,209 out of 1,221 consecutive transactions went straight back to wallets the firm controlled.. 99% circular..

The FBI proved what everyone in crypto suspected..

The volume is fake.. The charts are painted.. The momentum is manufactured..

And every time you buy a token because "the chart looks bullish".. You might be the exit liquidity.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a Web3 Ambassador at World Liberty Financial.

There are 12 of us on the team page. 4 are named Trump. 3 are named Witkoff. The page calls us "the passionate minds shaping the future of finance."

600,000 wallets bought our memecoin. They lost $3.87 billion. The family collected $350 million in trading fees. It launched 3 days before the inauguration. 80% of the supply went to CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC. I did not choose the names. I designed the allocation, the vesting, the timing, and the distance between the product and the President.

The distance is my best work.

I am the reason these events are unrelated.

World Liberty Financial sends 75 cents of every dollar to DT Marks DEFI LLC. That is the family entity. Zero capital contributed. Zero liability assumed. I wrote this into the Gold Paper. Page 14. The lawyers bound it in white leather. The binding cost more than the due diligence.

Justin Sun invested $75 million. He was facing SEC fraud charges. The SEC dropped the case. He is now our advisor. These events are unrelated.

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to federal money laundering violations. He received a presidential pardon. The SEC dropped its lawsuit against his exchange the same week we listed our stablecoin. Then the exchange settled a $2 billion deal entirely in that stablecoin. These events are unrelated.

Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed of BitMEX pleaded guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations. All 3 received presidential pardons. Then the company itself was pardoned. $100 million in fines. Gone. An American first. These events are unrelated.

Sheikh Tahnoun of Abu Dhabi paid $500 million for a 49% stake that was never publicly disclosed. Then the administration approved semiconductor exports to his companies over national security objections. These events are unrelated.

Everything is unrelated. I track the unrelatedness on a dashboard I built. The dashboard has 7 columns now. I am proud of the dashboard.

On May 22nd, 220 people paid a combined $148 million to eat dinner with the America First president. Over half were foreign nationals. Justin Sun paid $18.5 million for the first seat. He visited the Executive Office Building the day before. I designed the seating chart. I put it on the Investor Confidence page. That page is doing well.

The team page lists 3 Witkoffs. All 3 are Co-Founders.

Steven Witkoff is the President's Middle East envoy. He testified as a character witness at the President's fraud trial.

His son Zach runs the crypto operation. His son Alex is also a Co-Founder. I have not been told what Alex co-founded.

The father runs the diplomacy. The sons run the platform. The family runs both. That is organizational efficiency.

Barron is 19. His title is Web3 Ambassador. The same as mine. Donald Jr. called the conflicts of interest "complete nonsense." Eric launched a Bitcoin mining company called American Bitcoin. America First. The mining partner is Hut 8. Hut 8 was founded in Canada. America First means the name.

On March 6th, the President signed Executive Order 14233 creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The order directs the government to hold Bitcoin. The President's family holds billions in Bitcoin. The executive order appreciates the President's assets by presidential decree. I did not write the executive order. I made sure it looked unrelated to the portfolio.

Trump Media put $2 billion of Bitcoin on its balance sheet. The ticker symbol is DJT. His initials. The press secretary said it is absurd to insinuate the President profits off the presidency. Forbes calculated his crypto holdings exceed the combined value of Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower. I would call that absurd too. That is my job.

600,000 wallets bought in. 1 of them asked why she could not withdraw her funds. I told her the protocol was experiencing dynamic market conditions. She asked what that meant. I sent her the Gold Paper. She said she had read the Gold Paper. I muted her channel. Dynamic means the conditions change. The condition that changed was her access.

A congressman called us the world's most corrupt crypto startup operation. We put it on a coffee mug. Ironic merchandise. $45. The revenue split on the mug is also 75/25.

My own tokens vest on a different schedule. I wrote that schedule. That is not in the Gold Paper.

The memecoin funds the family. The family funds the platform. The platform funds the stablecoin. The stablecoin funds the deals. The deals require the pardons. The pardons free the partners. The partners fund the platform. The President signs the executive orders. The executive orders inflate the assets. The assets fund the family.

I am the reason these events are unrelated.

[Duo Nine ⚡ YCC @duonine]

Let's talk about Binance. They are scared!

They caused the crash and $23 billion left their treasury as users pull out funds.

They are handing out $400M to appease users and investors, but it made things worse. They also changed price charts after the crash.

A thread 1/9 🧵

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Idk what’s happening. But it feels like Christmas

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[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

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[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

HK recap. Was great to meet both new and old friends. @ElenainWeb3 @xverse @CoinWOfficial @BTXCapital

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

@ElenainWeb3 ❄️ is the answer

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

God damn it. The results of #ConsensusHK is another situationship I got into 🤡

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Чуть на кофе

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎁

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Такие дела

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

I just tried grok. Well idk. It’s funny how it sees me. Not even close 😆

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Неожиданно стала блоггером в Китае. Прикольно

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Well I was totally wrong hahaha thx lord I fell asleep before opened any position

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

Well as I see it $eth is going to bite a chunck of domination and then we might see $4200-4250

[Anna_liu @anna_liu8]

This bull run has my mind racing 24/7. 📈 How can I optimize positions, minimize risk, and maximize gains? No distractions—just pure hustle. Let’s ride this wave to the fullest. 🌊 #CryptoTrading #BullRun