Moving on from SBF trial with Circle IPO rumors, a massive new crypto fund and sanctions

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This week in web3

1. Stablecoin company Circle going public makes good sense (TC+)
2. Faction launches $285M early-stage crypto fund
3. LG’s IT arm taps Tiger Global-backed QuickNode for web3 pursuit
4. a16z backs London-based crypto startup Pimlico as it ramps up UK focus
5. US sanctions Russian accused of laundering Ryuk ransomware funds

The newest pod

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Brendan Quigley, accomplice at Baker Botts legislation agency.

Quigley is a former U.S. Marine, now lawyer who represents shoppers on issues associated to white-collar authorities investigations and industrial disputes.

Beforehand, he was a federal prosecutor as an assistant U.S lawyer within the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York, which we name SDNY. If that rings a bell it’s as a result of one in all our earlier company, Josh Naftalis, additionally had that function.

Brendan has tried greater than 12 instances that have been dropped at verdicts and was a senior member of the Workplace’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit.

We talked about SBF’s verdict and future sentencing in addition to how his March 2024 trial for extra prices will pan out.

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Observe the cash

1. Stackr raised $5 million in seed spherical to assist builders construct scalable web3 apps
2. Crypto and AI-focused Ritual comes out of stealth with $25 million in financing led by Archetype
3. StablR raised $3.5 million to construct out its euro-backed stablecoin startup
4. NFT looking platform Authentick raised $4 million in seed spherical
5. Llama raised $6 million to assist enhance crypto protocols and sensible contracts

This checklist was compiled with data from Messari in addition to TechCrunch’s personal reporting.

What else we’re writing

Need to department out from the world of web3? Listed below are some articles on TechCrunch that caught our consideration this week.

1. With the power of AI, you can be mediocre, too (TC+)
2. Secure messaging app Signal moves a step closer to launching usernames
3. Robotics funding saw another dip in 2023
4. Klarna is inching toward an IPO, and it’s not the only one (TC+)
5. New pre-seed funds are popping up everywhere (TC+)

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