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This Week in Startups · 2025-06-07 · 46 min · 8,896 words

Circle's IPO Soars, The Future of VC and Cursor's Crazy Growth | E2135

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I think this is like a moment in time. This shows to me two things. Actually three. Number one, Jeremy Oler is an incredible entrepreneur. He builds real businesses.

I've known him through three different businesses, Brightcove, etc. Number two, it's about crypto regulation. So uh David Sachs, the czar of crypto. Yeah, and uh SEC and this administration want to make clear rules. Under Gary Gensler, it was, you know, our way or the highway unclear.

I think people were, you know, unlikely to go public because they were a little bit nervous. What if it gets unwound? And so in fact, Circle was going to go out via SPAC two years ago, three years ago. They chose not to, I think because of the regulatory environment. So

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