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The biggest deal of the week: Bitfury, a Latvian-founded company headquartered in Amsterdam that describes itself as the “largest full-service blockchain technology company in the world,” has just closed an $80 million funding round. Lesara and Travelbird, which raised more than €100 million in total and employed more than 600 people, have filed for insolvency in a span of two weeks. - Dutch travel booking platform Travelbird suspends operations after failing to raise emergency funding - German online fashion startup Lesara files for insolvency Facebook will allow French regulators to access inside the company in an effort to combat hate speech across the platform - France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech - France and Facebook announce partnership against online hate speech - Facebook is the least trusted major tech company when it comes to safeguarding personal data, poll finds Interview: Christian Owens, CEO and founder of Paddle (recorded at the SaaStock conference in Dublin) Events