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  "description": "The Tour de Suisse has announced the termination of its partnership with the collapsed crypto exchange, Zondacrypto.\n\nZondacrypto was announced in late March as the sponsor of the Tour de Suisse's young rider classification, but within weeks reports began to emerge that the Polish crypto company was facing financial difficulties. As we have reported, that quickly became a nose-dive with huge implications in Polish sports and politics.\n\nAt time of writing, all Zondacrypto staff have been laid off",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T00:31:09.000Z",
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    "Canyon-SRAM is racing for a crypto sponsor that no longer seems to existAmid a worsening financial and political scandal, Canyon-SRAM says that it remains in an “ongoing contractual relationship” with Zondacrypto.Escape CollectiveIain Treloar"
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  "textContent": "The Tour de Suisse has announced the termination of its partnership with the collapsed crypto exchange, Zondacrypto.\n\nZondacrypto was announced in late March as the sponsor of the Tour de Suisse's young rider classification, but within weeks reports began to emerge that the Polish crypto company was facing financial difficulties. As we have reported, that quickly became a nose-dive with huge implications in Polish sports and politics.\n\nAt time of writing, all Zondacrypto staff have been laid off. Its CEO has fled overseas amid speculation that the company was linked to Russia's state intelligence apparatus and mafia. There is a trail of tens of thousands of victims owed tens of millions of dollars, and several sponsored entities, including the Polish Olympic Committee, have severed ties.\n\nIn a press release announcing the return of Switzerlend AG as sponsor of the Tour de Suisse's young rider jersey, event organisers said that the Zondacrypto sponsorship \"proved unsustainable and was therefore terminated with immediate effect.\"\n\nCanyon-SRAM Zondacrypto is yet to remove their association with the beleaguered crypto company, meaning the team is effectively racing for a sponsor that only exists on paper.\n\nCanyon-SRAM is racing for a crypto sponsor that no longer seems to existAmid a worsening financial and political scandal, Canyon-SRAM says that it remains in an “ongoing contractual relationship” with Zondacrypto.Escape CollectiveIain Treloar",
  "title": "Tour de Suisse terminates Zondacrypto partnership 'with immediate effect'",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-06T00:34:11.330Z"
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