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DeFi-Focused Derivatives Platform Hedget Raises $500K in Seed Funding

The round was led by FBG Capital and NGC Ventures, both Asia-based venture firms.

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Policy

French Judge Orders Trial of Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

Vinnik will reportedly face charges including defrauding more than 100 people in six French cities from 2016 to 2018.

Alexander Vinnik being escorted to the Supreme Court in Greece in 2017 (Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)

Markets

NetWalker Ransomware Gang Is Storing $7M in Bitcoin in SegWit Cold Storage

The organization that’s encrypting computers and extorting companies has taken to SegWit addresses, according to McAfee and CipherTrace.

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Markets

Ripple Snaps XRP Sales Slump With $33M of the Crypto Sold in Q2

XRP sales had slumped ever since Ripple paused programmatic sales during Q3 2019.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. (Christopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Travala.com Adds Agoda Hotels, Posts Record July Revenue as Crypto Payments Soar

The Binance-backed travel agency brought in $400,000 in July, a 100% increase from the month before.

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Markets

Matic Pledges $5M in Tokens to Entice DeFi Projects Into Building on Its Network

Matic wants its incubator fund to incentivize promising DeFi projects to build on its scalable sidechain, rather than directly onto Ethereum itself.

The Matic team (Matic Network)

Markets

Travel Management Firm CWT Pays Out $4.5M in Bitcoin After Ransomware Attack

The U.S. firm paid out a ransom of 414 bitcoin after its corporate files were locked up by the Ragnar Locker malware.

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Markets

Crypto Firm Hacked for $1.4M Admits It Will Struggle to Reimburse Users

Madrid-based payment app and card issuer 2gether said it can only reimburse investors with its native tokens following Friday’s hack.

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Finance

Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game Infinite Fleet

A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens.

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Finance

Crypto Hedge Fund Neural Capital Closes After Losing Half Its Money

Neural Capital, a hedge fund that traded cryptocurrency assets, has quietly shuttered.

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