Andrew Jacobson is the Head of Legal (Global) at 21.co and 21Shares and was previously an enforcement attorney at the New York State Department of Financial Services and an attorney at Seward & Kissel. You can find him on X at @AndrewJacobson_.

Etherfuse recently announced a $3M seed funding round to bring emerging market debt on-chain. The round was co-led by White Star Capital and North Island Ventures. We are proud to participate.

Ji Kim is the Chief Legal & Policy Officer at the Crypto Council for Innovation. You can find him on X at @_jikim.

Mountain Protocol today announced an $8M Series A funding round led by Multicoin Capital. We are thrilled to participate alongside them and other notable investors including Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Bankless Ventures. Mountain Protocol offers the first prudentially-supervised stablecoin (USDM) that is yield-bearing, permissionless, and fully backed by U.S. Treasuries. Launched in September 2023, USDM has since reached approximately $50M in outstanding issuance.