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BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein noted that the firm had been looking into crypto since 2017

Franklin Templeton’s Roger Bayston tells Blockworks that stablecoins and market funds ‘complement’ each other
Blockworks Research’s Boccaccio explains why he likes Plasma “overall”
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Did Circle execute its IPO ‘perfectly’?

Circle had a pretty successful first day of trading, but what’s next for the stablecoin issuer?

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What to expect when Circle’s stock goes public

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K33 analyst Vetle Lunde warned of potential volatility ahead

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VC funding topped $594M in May: Blockworks Research

The funding was spread out across 61 rounds, a slight dip in both number of rounds and total funding in comparison to other months

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A Blockworks Research report looked at who could take up some of the marketshare in the launchpad space

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