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US Department of Justice creates cryptocurrency enforcement unit

The Verge

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement that NCET would “draw on the Department’s cyber and money laundering expertise to strengthen our capacity to dismantle the financial entities that enable criminal actors to flourish— and quite frankly to profit— from abusing cryptocurrency platforms.”.

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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. The simple answer is that Monte Carlo is growing quickly while not setting all its raised capital aflame. That fact makes the Monte Carlo round good news of a sort for other startups.

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

TechCrunch

The pitch: Over half of American farms don’t have the tools or bandwidth they need to identify ways to improve their farms and become profitable. Founders: Pierre Thys (CEO) , Robert Monaco (President). Founders: Jayce Hafner (CEO) , Sami Tellatin (COO) , Albert Abedi (Product). Website: exporta.io. The pitch: The U.S.

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