European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3 billion euros
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / techcrunch - Europol announced the seizure of Cryptomixer’s official website, as well as 25 million euros and 12 terabytes of data from the mixer's service.
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Bitcoin is sliding again as traders brace for a pivotal week of US data
Alex Daniel / qz - Important economic figures due in the next few days could help determine whether Bitcoin will stabilize or if it could still fall further
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Portuguese VC firm Índico Capital Partners has launched its €125 million Fund III, with the EIF as the main anchor investor
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Lisbon-based Índico Capital Partners has announced the launch of its sixth fund, called Indico VC Fund III. The goal is to raise €125 million to invest in early-stage tech startups in Portugal, Spain, and Italy. The fund has already secured a major first …
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Future Energy Ventures closes largest European energy tech VC fund at €235M
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Accelerating the global transition to cleaner energy amid growing concerns over energy security and decarbonization. Reliance on volatile…
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OpenAI Needs At Least $207 Billion By 2030 Just To Keep Losing Money, HSBC Estimates
msmash / slashdot - OpenAI will need to raise at least $207 billion in new funding by 2030 to sustain operations while continuing to lose money, according to a new analysis from HSBC that models the company's cloud computing commitments against projected revenue. The bank's …
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Onstage launches new early-stage venture fund
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Onstage, an organiser of standalone demo events in Europe, announced the launch of its first venture fund, with an initial close of £10 million. The fund is intended to support European founders at t...
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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
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DOGE Disbands With 8 Months Remaining in Charter
PYMNTS / pymnts - President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was supposed to last until next summer. Instead, the agency has essentially disbanded, Reuters reported Sunday (Nov. 23), bringing a close to a program that was designed to shrink the siz…
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Bitcoin Continues Steep Decline, Down 34% Since Early October
Matt Novak / gizmodo - The crypto bros are tired of winning.
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Berlin’s Integral boosts total funding to €12 million and strengthens capabilities with cleverlohn acquisition
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Integral, a Berlin-based AI-powered services company innovating accounting, taxation, and payroll for SMEs, today announced the acquisition of cleverlohn, a digital payroll and HR provider in Germany. Additionally, the company announced new funding from G…
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US Backs Three Mile Island Nuclear Restart With $1 Billion Loan To Constellation
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: The Trump administration will provide Constellation Energy with a $1 billion loan to restart the Crane Clean Energy Center nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, Department of Energy officials said Tuesday. Previousl…
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Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million a year for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
cnbc - Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus annual deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
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Financial technology startup Ramp closes $300M investment at $32B valuation
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Ramp Business Corp. today announced that it has closed a $300 million funding round at a $32 billion valuation, double what it was worth in June. The raise is the company’s third in five months. Returning investor Lightspeed Venture Partners led the finan…
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Bitcoin has sunk to a six-month low amid jitters over the Fed
Alex Daniel / qz - Traders have reacted to renewed uncertainty over whether the central bank will cut interest rates at its next meeting in December
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European second-hand marketplace Vinted eyes share sale at $8bn valuation
Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - Darling of the circular economy Vinted is reported to be planning a share sale that would value the second-hand clothing marketplace at $8bn.Read more: European second-hand marketplace Vinted eyes share sale at $8bn valuation
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Bitcoin Drops Below $95,000 Amid Concerns About Interest Rates and AI Investments
PYMNTS / pymnts - Bitcoin reportedly declined for a fourth day on Friday (Nov. 14), dropping as low as $94,491.22 early in the day. Week to date, the cryptocurrency was down nearly 9%, CNBC reported Friday. The report attributed Bitcoin’s decline in part to investors selli…
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Cronvall Raises €3.9M To Modernize Industrial Procurement In Europe
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Cronvall, a Finnish tech company modernizing industrial procurement, has raised €3.9 million from Greencode Ventures, Stephen Industries, Innovestor, and leading industrial family offices. Cronvall’s platform brings transparency, efficiency, and better da…
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Adclear Raises €2.4M To Use AI For Financial Compliance
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Adclear, an AI compliance platform, has raised an oversubscribed £2.1 million seed round led by Outward VC, with support from AFG Partners, Tenity, angel investors including Clearscore founder Dan Cobley and Coinbase MD Keith Grose (via a16z …
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Backed VC closes $100M Fund III and marks 100th investment milestone
Cate Lawrence / tech - European venture firm Backed VC has closed its third fund, Backed 3, at its $100 million cap, alongside making its 100th investment. Backed partners with outlier founders building generational fronti...
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The U.S. Mint just pressed its final penny
Anna-Louise Jackson / fastcompany - A penny for your thoughts? Well, maybe try a nickel. Though it will remain legal tender, the last-ever one-cent coin was printed Wednesday—and not without some drama.After being in circulation for 232 years, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia hosted a ceremoni…
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