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Finance

Blockchain Sleuthing Firm Chainalysis Slashes 20% of Workforce

Chainalysis laid off 39 employees Thursday citing the need for a "path to profitability."

Chainalysis at Consensus 2019

Tech

Orchid's Decentralized VPN Network Set for Early-December Launch

Decentralized VPN provider Orchid will debut its app, network and token (OXT) during the first week of December.

Orchid CEO Steven "Seven" Waterhouse speaks at Token Summit III, photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk

Finance

Blockchain Capital Leads $25M Funding Round for Libra Member Bison Trails

Bison Trails has secured a $25.5 million Series A round led by Blockchain Capital to develop the firm’s infrastructure services.

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Tech

DeFi Startup Compound Finance Raises $25 Million Series A Led by A16z

It's one of the largest venture capital investments in a decentralized finance (DeFi) startup to date.

Compound founder Robert Leshner

Tech

Alibaba Offers Bitcoin Rewards Through Lolli Shopping App for 'Singles Day'

Lolli will offer Alibaba customers bitcoin back on their purchases with a new partnership.

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Markets

How to Turn a $17 Million ICO Into $104 Million: The Cosmos Story

The startups building Cosmos don't own it or rely solely on it for income. And that's the point.

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Markets

Pension Funds Double Crypto Asset Exposure in Morgan Creek's Fund to 1%

The two Fairfax County, Virginia, pension funds invested only 0.5 percent in crypto and blockchain last year.

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Tech

Ether on Lightning Is the Latest Bridge Crossing Crypto's Great Divide

DEX startup Radar Relay is offering token users a way to pay lightning invoices with bitcoin, thanks to back-end market makers.

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Markets

Binance's DEX Now Supports AML Compliance Via CipherTrace

CipherTrace is now providing AML compliance on Binance Chain, which supports both the exchange's BNB token and DEX.

(Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao/CoinDesk)

Markets

US Startup Raising $10 Million for Private Jets You Can Lease With Crypto

Jet Token is raising up to $10 million in a Regulation A offering for its ethereum-powered private jet leasing marketplace where you can pay in crypto.

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