Coinbase will go public through a direct listing today. The cryptocurrency exchange set a “reference price” of $250 per share, implying a ~$65B valuation. The company generated nearly $2B of revenue in Q1 (up ~9x year-over-year) and has over 56M users. The ongoing growth comes amid increasing corporate, institutional, and individual adoption of cryptocurrencies (e.g. Bitcoin and Ethereum).
The New Paper
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