Hex Founder Richard Heart Detained in Istanbul on Interpol Red Notice

Reports indicate Turkish authorities detained the crypto founder and seized assets, causing the HEX token price to drop by 30%.

5 publishers · 5 articles · first seen 14 Oct 2026 · updated 23d ago

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First reported by decrypt.co, 1h 33m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 14 Oct 2026. decrypt.co published first, on 14 October at 14:03 UTC; Protos followed 1h 33m later. The most recent article, from Cointelegraph.com News, appeared on 15 October at 12:12 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), decrypt.co, Protos, The Block, Cointelegraph.com News.

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