A few minutes ago it was announced that Coinbase wanted to become a publicly traded company. The company wrote in a blog post on Jan. 28:
“Coinbase Global, Inc. today announced its intention to become a publicly traded company under a proposed direct listing of its Class A common shares. Such proposed listing is expected to be made under a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). “
This is not an IPO. Instead, Coinbase would allow existing shareholders to trade their positions on the primary market.
It did so shortly after the company announced it had filed a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in confidence.
Coinbase will be the first major cryptocurrency company to trade on a major US exchange if it pushes this direct listing process.
Coinbase’s decision to go public comes because the crypto market is seeing a surge in institutional and retail interest as prices go up.
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