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We got breaking news here. Circle filing for its initial public offering. That company is planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CRCL. Circle not disclosing the number of shares or the expected price range. Founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire saying in the filing that going public is a continuation of our desire to operate with the greatest transparency and accountability possible. Circle is the latest in a string of companies to file for an IPO including of course, Klarna, Discord, and StubHub, and the move follows CoreWeave’s highly anticipated offering just last week. According to private company data on Yahoo Finance, Circle has a valuation above $5 billion. And you can head to Yahoo Finance to track more private company data, including valuations and funding rounds by scanning the QR code below.