The exchange’s ties to Goldman Sachs go all the way back to Fred Ehrsam, who co-founded Coinbase in 2012 with Brian Armstrong. Digital currency exchange Coinbase has reportedly approached Goldman Sachs to lead its upcoming initial public offering — a move that could bolster the appeal of cryptocurrencies to a broader mainstream audience. Citing two […]
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Potential listing could provide a valuation anchor, not only for future crypto IPOs but also for crypto-native exchange tokens. Following cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase filing a draft registration for a public offering with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, research company Messari has valued the company at $28 billion. Messari’s model examined the company’s […]
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“A DAO is merely a formalizing of very deep and instinctive human bonds that I think have been suppressed.” One morning in July of 2019, Kain Warwick awoke at 6:30 to a grim phone call from his co-founder and CTO, Justin Moses. We have a problem, said Moses. Synthetix, the synthetic asset protocol that Warwick, […]
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Sygnum claims it is the first bank in the world to tokenize its shares. Sygnum, a major cryptocurrency bank in Switzerland, has successfully tokenized its shares on a blockchain in preparation for its upcoming public sale. According to an official Dec. 14 announcement, the bank tokenized its shares on the Ethereum blockchain using a proprietary […]
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Digital asset investment managers 3iQ introduced ETH market exposure to Canada’s stock traders and investors on Thursday. The world’s first Ethereum-based fund to be listed on a major stock exchange opened for trading on Thursday, but not without some hiccups. Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, The Ether Fund (TSX:QETH.U) opened for trading at $10.80 […]
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SI stock has plunged over 16% from its recent all-time high. Shares of Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI) are in freefall this week, while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has revealed a large liquidation of company stock by board member Thomas Dircks. The security regulator’s Form 4 documentation shows Dircks sold 60,000 Class A Common […]
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Airbnb pre-IPO contracts are now available on FTX. FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange, has added Airbnb to its list of stock offerings on the eve of the online rental marketplace’s highly-anticipated IPO. As of late Tuesday, cryptocurrency traders can gain exposure to Airbnb through a pre-IPO derivatives contract directly on FTX. As a pre-IPO product, the […]
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First conceived by Vitalik Buterin in Ontario, Ethereum is now available to Canadians in the form of an ETF. Next week, Canadian digital asset investment manager 3iQ will be launching an IPO for the world’s first Ethereum ETF, The Ether Fund, on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker QETH.U. The maximum offering for […]
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The Polkadot founder doesn’t buy into the narrative that we only need one blockchain. Polkadot doesn’t have to be an “Ethereum killer” to succeed, according to protocol founder Gavin Wood. In a “fireside chat” with podcaster Laura Shin during the Polkadot Decoded business summit on Thursday, Wood was asked whether his protocol could exist alongside […]
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It’s becoming increasingly clear that smart money is starting to take Bitcoin seriously. The year 2020 sucked for pretty much everyone. Unless you’re holding Bitcoin (BTC) that is. The price of Bitcoin is up 125% year-to-date making it once again the best-performing asset just as it has been for the past decade. Strangely enough, the […]
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