Search results for July 2025
Crypto
UK ranks crypto third economic crime priority, tightens money laundering probes
British investigators have identified crypto assets as a key risk factor in tackling money laundering and fraud and are moving to strengthen their investigative capabilities. Crypto assets were classified as the third item among the United Kingdom\'s nine economic crime response priorities. The National Economic Crime Centre said criminal groups use cryptocurrencies to evade detection and move illicit funds at scale, and it plans a more proactive, intelligence-led approach.
AI & Enterprise
AI coding startup Cognition raises more than $2 billion, valued at $48 billion
AI coding agent startup Cognition has raised more than $2 billion in a Series E funding round that values the company at $48 billion. SiliconANGLE reported the valuation nearly doubled from the previous round, with annualised revenue close to $900 million. Cognition raised $1 billion in May at a $26 billion valuation. The company develops an AI agent that handles the full software engineering process.
Crypto
XRP retests cup-and-handle pattern, with $3.63 target if $1.35 holds
XRP has entered a retest zone for a cup-and-handle pattern on the weekly chart after an August rebound, an analysis said. If support holds, XRP could try to break above the $1.45 to $1.50 resistance area, with targets cited at $2.4062 and $3.6330. XRP is trading around $1.39, up about 3.5 percent over the past week. A break below $1.35 could weaken the structure, with $1.23 cited as the next support.
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Crypto
Lummis says missing this session on Clarity Act could delay next chance until 2030
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Crypto
Stablecoin growth bottleneck is banks, not blockchain
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Crypto
Japan crypto rules set for major overhaul as FSA says digital finance policy goals met
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Games & Commerce
KakaoGames makes strategic investment in AI backend firm BackendX
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Crypto
Stablecoins cannot fill U.S. long-term Treasury demand gap despite $73.3 billion
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Crypto
Ripple CLO says Clarity Act tied to U.S. jobs and economic growth, September vote in focus
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Industry
Samsung Electronics provides 3 billion won to support flood recovery in Gyeongsang
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Crypto
Jackson Hole central bank symposium now turned into a crypto conference?
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Crypto
Russia to roll out digital rouble payments from Sept 1; crypto payment ban remains
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Crypto
Bitcoin breaks $80,000 after three months, raising questions over South Korea digital asset regulation
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Crypto
Bitcoin nears $80,000 threshold as Treasury buybacks fuel rally
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Crypto
Trump family-linked WLFI wins conditional approval to set up bank, boosting USD1 expansion
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Crypto
Bitwise CIO says U.S. SEC proposal not enough to fully open Wall Street doors
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Industry
ACE Robotics says robot brains could hit \'ChatGPT moment\' by end-2027
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Crypto
XRP jumps 15 percent in a day, breaks long-term downtrend