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first_img The UK's National Economic Crime Centre warns that criminals are innovatively using cryptocurrency assets for money laundering

According to Decrypt, the UK's National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) warned in its annual report released this week that criminals are "innovatively using cryptocurrency products to evade detection and transfer illegal value on a large scale."The agency is part of the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and is responsible for coordinating the UK's response to economic crime. The threat assessment in the report indicates that cross-border money laundering networks are spreading, combining new and traditional methods while transferring funds through both legitimate and illegitimate channels; many organized crime groups no longer launder money themselves but outsource it to specialized networks for a fee. The report also mentions artificial intelligence alongside cryptocurrency, noting that criminals are using synthetic identities and process automation to attack banks.The report shows that cryptocurrency ranks third among the nine economic crime priorities identified by the UK's National Economic Crime Centre, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Home Office, and the Treasury in July 2025, above cash crime and money mules. The agency states that it is developing "more proactive, intelligence-led cryptocurrency capabilities." Additionally, its joint operation "Atlantic Action" with the U.S. Secret Service, Coinbase, Binance, Kraken, and Tether has identified 20,000 approved phishing victims and frozen $12 million in funds; the "Stable Action" targeting Russian networks converting street cash into cryptocurrency has arrested 129 individuals and seized over £25 million in the UK.The report also mentions a report on privacy-enhancing technologies in the cryptocurrency industry released by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

The second episode of the Gate Stocks series is now online, with Lucas Sum, the head of stock market development, interpreting the stock layout of the cryptocurrency platform

The second episode of the Gate Stocks series is now online. Lucas Sum, the head of stock market development at Gate, shared insights on why cryptocurrency exchanges are starting to venture into the stock market and analyzed the differences between Gate and traditional brokers in terms of trading experience and asset allocation methods. Lucas Sum stated that more and more digital asset users are beginning to pay attention to stock opportunities from global companies such as NVIDIA, Apple, and Tencent. Gate integrates stocks and crypto assets into the same account, allowing users to manage different types of investment assets using the same USDT balance.In terms of trading experience, Gate Stocks supports fund transfers using USDT, enabling users to participate in stock trading without waiting for traditional bank fund settlements. In addition to regular trading hours for U.S. stocks (9:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET), it also supports pre-market and after-hours trading, with fractional shares supported down to 0.01 shares. Besides stocks and ETFs, Gate also covers investment opportunities such as stock perpetual contracts, tokenized assets, Pre-IPOs, and direct IPOs. Lucas Sum emphasized that Gate is not trying to replace traditional brokers but rather to expand the possibilities of investment platforms, bringing the global stock market directly to digital asset users.

first_img Bitcoin SOPR has been above the breakeven point for three consecutive weeks, setting the longest bullish record since 2026

The Bitcoin On-Chain Spending Profit Ratio (SOPR) has remained above the breakeven point of 1 for three consecutive weeks, marking the longest bullish cycle since 2026. Data from CryptoQuant shows that this metric has consistently been above 1 since August 19, currently reported at 1.002, indicating that most Bitcoin transferred on-chain is in profit. On-chain analysis tool Checkonchain points out that the structure of the short-term holder SOPR is beginning to resemble the early stages of a bull market recovery, rather than the rebound-and-sell pattern seen in a bear market.However, David Puell, portfolio manager at ARK Invest and founder of the Puell Multiple metric, warns that there is still downside risk for Bitcoin prices. In an interview with CryptoQuant, he stated that more evidence is needed to confirm that the bottom of this bear market has been reached. The SOPR needs to stay above 1 for a longer period, and investors must continue to realize profits without prices making new lows. Additionally, Bitcoin needs to form a series of higher highs and higher lows on a weekly basis, a pattern that has not yet emerged.Previously, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju had suggested that the bear market was over based on his proprietary bull-bear market cycle indicator. Currently, Bitcoin prices are fluctuating around $80,000.
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