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Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Founder, Alex Mashinsky, Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report

A Mashinsky spokesperson, cited by the paper, said that the entrepreneur had disclosed to an unsecured creditors committee (UCC) in the bankruptcy proceedings that he and his family had $44 million in crypto frozen with Celsius following the withdrawal. The spokesperson said that Mashinsky “‘withdrew a percentage of cryptocurrency in his account, much of which was used to pay state and federal taxes,’” according to the FT. Source

Iran makes $10M import with crypto, plans ‘widespread’ use by end of Sept

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Struggling through decades of economic sanctions, Iran has placed its first international import order using $10 million worth of cryptocurrency, according to a senior government trade official.  News that the Islamic republic placed its first import order using crypto was shared by Iran’s Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine & Trade Alireza Peyman-Pak in a Twitter post on Aug. 9. While the official did not disclose any details about the cryptocurrency used or the imported goods involved, Peyman-Pak said that the $10 million order represents the first of many international trades…

Decentralized Data Platform Space and Time Raises $10M

Space and Time, which started as part of Chainlink Labs’ incubator program, uses Chainlink and other sources to pull data from blockchains, decentralized applications and off-chain systems. It’s database processes the data off-chain, avoiding high transaction or gas fees and slow throughput, and then transmits the data to a validation layer to be verified. The validated data is sent back on-chain to smart contracts, which is where the blockchain application that requested the data can see the results. Source

Startup Incubator Launch House Debuts $10M Fund with Web3 in Focus

House Capital will invest up to $150,000 in each deal with investments happening as the firm comes across new companies rather than at a set pace, said Launch House co-founder Michael Houck. The fund has already deployed capital to 17 startups, and the majority were Launch House veterans. The investments included crypto-accounting software Coinbooks. Source