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US Department of Justice creates cryptocurrency enforcement unit

The Verge

Mixing and tumbling services can obscure the source of a cryptocurrency transaction, by mixing it with other funds. Cryptocurrency is “used in a wide variety of criminal activity,” including ransomware demand payments, money laundering, and for the illegal sales of drugs, weapons, and malware, the agency noted.

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Gogoro’s Eeyo 1s e-bike goes on sale in France, its first European market

TechCrunch

Another model, the Eeyo 1, will launch over the next few months in France, Belgium, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Gogoro announced today that its Eeyo 1s is now available for sale in France, the smart electric bike’s first European market.

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Daily Crunch: GoMechanic lays off 70% after investors discover ‘founders knowingly misstated facts’

TechCrunch

It’s full of surprises and powerful bits — give yourself a 9-minute break and give it a listen! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 More layoffs : Sequoia-backed GoMechanic is the latest to make sweeping layoffs after funding didn’t materialize in time, Manish reports.

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Monte Carlo raises $135M Series D at $1.6B price, showing that unicorn rounds are still a thing

TechCrunch

Finally, the company is not sponsoring this year’s Grand Prix in Monaco, sadly. Let’s see how far the new capital can get the startup, and whether Monte Carlo will finally reach the scale needed for it to stop sharing percentage-gain growth metrics and instead disclose some hard numbers.

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Candela’s hydrofoiling electric boats attract $24M investment in a bid for cleaner seas

TechCrunch

But while the company does hope to sell as many of these as possible to the Monaco and Dubai crowd, the bigger opportunity may be in public transport, of all things. Ferries are crucial infrastructure to cities around the world, but are often old, diesel-powered things that pollute the air and water around them.

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Protect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Understanding Security Threats

Tech Soup

This security threat update is part of our Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative, a Microsoft-funded initiative to help nonprofits work safely online. Spear phishing is one step beyond a scam letter from a long lost billionaire uncle in Monaco who wants to give you his fortune in exchange for your credit card information.

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Pear hosted its invite-only demo day online this year; here’s what you might have missed

TechCrunch

Eventually, the idea is to also use the granular insights it’s garnering and sell these to hedge funds, state governments, and other outfits that want a better handle on what’s coming — be it around food security or climate changes. Founders: Pierre Thys (CEO) , Robert Monaco (President). Website: exporta.io.

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