TRM Labs said North Korea is moving away from hacks to focus more on deception-based revenue generation, such as planting IT workers in US companies.

US sanctions North Korean tech worker crew over crypto thefts

Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS), a French semiconductor company, announced 
on Tuesday that it has successfully closed a $384 million private placement 
offering and will use the proceeds to buy bitcoin. Sequans has also struck a 
partnership with U.S.-based Swan Bitcoin, a financial services firm that 
specializes in bitcoin-focused wealth management. Swan will assist Sequans 
with […]

Sequans Communications Raises $384 Million to Purchase Bitcoin

New Zealand bans crypto ATMs and sets a $5,000 cap on overseas cash transfers 
in a major step to combat money laundering and financial crime.

New Zealand bans crypto ATMs in crackdown on criminal cash conversions

On-chain data shows the Binance Exchange Reserve has diverged between Bitcoin 
and the stablecoins. Here&#8217;s what this could mean for the market. Bitcoin &amp; 
Stablecoin Exchange Reserves Have Decoupled On Binance In a CryptoQuant 
Quicktake post, an analyst has talked about the latest trend in the Binance 
Exchange Reserve for Bitcoin and the stablecoins. The &#8220;Exchange Reserve&#8221; here 
refers to an on-chain metric that keeps track of the total amount of a given 
asset that&#8217;s sitting on the wallets attached to a centralized exchange. When 
the value of this metric rises, it means the holders are making net deposits 
of the asset to the platform. Generally, investors use exchanges when they 
want to participate in trading activities, so them making inflows could signal 
appetite for trading the coin away. Related Reading: Ethereum ETF Inflows Hit 
8-Week Streak—Institutions Still Buying For cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, 
this is something that can naturally have a bearish impact on the price. The 
same, however, isn&#8217;t true in the case of the stablecoins, as they are, by 
definition, always stable around the same value as the fiat currency that they 
are pegged to. Investors usually store their capital in the form of these 
tokens when they want to avoid the volatility associated with assets like 
Bitcoin. Many of them, however, plan to eventually return back to the volatile 
side. Once they have decided to make the switch, they transfer their 
stablecoins to exchanges. When they make the swap to a coin like Bitcoin, its 
price naturally observes a buying boost. As such, stablecoin inflows can be 
bullish for the volatile cryptocurrencies. Now, here is the chart shared by 
the analyst that shows the trend in the Exchange Reserve of Binance for 
Bitcoin and the stablecoins over the last couple of years: As displayed in the 
above graph, the Binance Exchange Reserve for the two asset classes showed 
some correlation in 2024. But by the end of the year, a shift had occurred, 
with the stablecoins witnessing sharp inflows and Bitcoin outflows. The two 
have remained decoupled in 2025 so far, although their trends no longer 
diverge as extremely. The stablecoin Binance exchange reserve has recently 
been trending sideways, while the one for Bitcoin has rapidly been moving 
down. Related Reading: Dogecoin Resistance Walls Ahead: Analyst Flags 3 Key 
Levels Thus, it would appear that there is a large amount of fiat-tied tokens 
on the exchange potentially waiting to be deployed into the volatile side and 
at the same time, investors are also pulling out BTC supply, hinting at 
ongoing accumulation. This could hint at bullish conditions aligning on the 
largest cryptocurrency exchange, but it only remains to be seen whether the 
setup would reflect in the Bitcoin price or not. BTC Price Bitcoin is holding 
steady as its price is still trading around the $108,800 level. Featured image 
from Dall-E, CryptoQuant.com, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin & Stablecoin Reserves Diverge On Binance: Liquidity Explosion Brewing?

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Aevo, a decentralized derivatives exchange built on a custom Ethereum layer 2, 
has introduced “Aevo Degen,” a new product offering up to 1000x leverage on 
tokenized stocks. The product, which went live on July 8, currently supports 
Coinbase (COIN), Robinhood…