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Less than a week ago, Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, published a 49-part Twitter thread describing his side of the story when he worked for the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). On Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, Harrison revealed that his new firm, Architect, has raised $5 million from investors such as Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and SALT Fund.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brett Harrison\u2019s Architect Aims to Connect Institutional Investors Across Decentralized and Centralized Exchanges<\/h2>\n

Brett Harrison<\/a>, the former president of FTX who left the company in Sept. 2022, has started a new venture<\/a> aimed at attracting institutions to the world of decentralized finance (defi). \u201cIt\u2019s a software company aimed at building institutional-grade infrastructure to connect various crypto venues across decentralized and centralized exchanges,\u201d Harrison told<\/a> Techcrunch reporter Jacquelyn Melinek on Friday.<\/p>\n

Harrison\u2019s new venture and fresh capital raise follow the former president of FTX US recounting<\/a> how he left the company and his relationship with its co-founder, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Harrison detailed that his relationship with SBF and the FTX CEO\u2019s deputies \u201chad reached a point of total deterioration.\u201d In the 49-part Twitter thread, Harrison mentioned a new crypto startup he was working on. Harrison tweeted<\/a> about the capital raise on Friday and said, \u201cI\u2019m very happy to announce the founding of [Architect] and the closing of our [$5 million] seed round.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Architect will build institutional-grade trading technology that streamlines crypto market structure, making it easier and safer for firms and large traders to access decentralized protocols and centralized exchanges alike. Architect\u2019s products will embody our commitment to security, self-custody, extensibility, and open source design.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition to Circle Ventures and Coinbase Ventures, Architect received a capital injection from Motivate Venture Capital, SALT Fund, SV Angel, P2P Validator, Third King Venture Capital, Shari Glazer, and Anthony Scaramucci<\/a>, the founder of Skybridge Capital. Harrison\u2019s Architect fundraising also follows a recent interview<\/a> with FTX\u2019s new CEO, John J. Ray III, who told The Wall Street Journal that FTX was exploring the possibility of restarting the now-defunct crypto exchange.<\/p>\n

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What are your thoughts on Brett Harrison\u2019s new defi venture Architect? Share your thoughts about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJamie Redman <\/h6>\n

\nJamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.

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