Non-custodial Bitcoin trading platform Flashnet completes $4.5 million seed round of financing

non-custodial Bitcoin trading platform Flashnet has announced the completion of a $4.5 million seed round of financing, led by Abstract VC, with participation from UTXO Management, Soma Capital, HFØ, Chapter One, Accomplice, and others. It is reported that the new funds will be used to support the platform in building transaction functionality based on the Lightning Network and UTXO, and integrating with Bitcoin wallets.

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