How One Investor is Bringing a Palantir Mindset to Crypto

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Money and people moves

1. Jiani Chen joins Solana Foundation to focus on growth initiatives, working closely to the entity’s president Lily Liu

2. Julia Shelby departs M Group to join the communications team at Ava Labs 

3. Nikita Bier announced he’s advising Solana to help companies building on the network launch and grow their apps

4. DeCharge closes $2.5M seed round to create fully autonomous, AI-driven electric vehicles

5. FalconX Said to Have Suffered Wave of Senior Staff Departures, Including General Counsel, European Head (CoinDesk)

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