Midas Market Pulse, AI Investing & Trends for 1st of August 2025

📈 Hong Kong Fintech Firms Raise Over $1.5 Billion for Crypto Ventures
In July, fintech and tech firms listed in Hong Kong raised more than one point five billion dollars through equity placements to invest in stablecoin apps, blockchain payments and crypto asset platforms. The surge followed the launch of a licensing regime for stablecoin issuers, showing strong investor confidence in Hong Kong’s renewed role as a regulated crypto hub.

🪙 SEC Chair Announces Overhaul to Accommodate Cryptocurrencies
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins launched “Project Crypto,” a sweeping reform initiative to create clear guidelines for classifying tokens as securities or commodities, updating disclosure rules, enabling token exchanges and supporting tokenized securities. The move marks a major strategic shift towards a more crypto friendly regulatory environment in the United States.

💸 AI Compliance Startup Delve Raises $32 Million
Delve, built by former MIT researchers, closed a thirty two million dollar Series A led by Insight Partners. The platform automates compliance processes across GDPR SOC 2 and HIPAA using generative AI. Now serving over five hundred startups, Delve reflects growing investor demand for governance tooling as AI regulation catches up to scaling business models.

📈 Cyber Agent Platform Dropzone AI Closes Series B
Dropzone AI raised thirty seven million dollars in a Series B round led by Theory Ventures to scale its autonomous cybersecurity agents. The startup's AI infrastructure now automates over eighty percent of SOC alerts and threat triage workflows, enabling compact security operations centers to operate at enterprise scale without headcount bloat.