IPOs

IPOs

Markets

Bybit challenges Wall Street with a massive push into tokenized U.S. stock IPOs

Retail investors can now buy shares at official underwritten prices through the crypto exchange, bypassing Wall Street’s exclusive pre-IPO clubs.

Starlink Mission. (Official SpaceX Photos/flickr)

Finance

Crypto trading firm FalconX confidentially files with SEC for IPO, hires bankers

FalconX has hired Cantor and other bankers to advise on a potential IPO and confidentially filed draft paperwork with the SEC, though the listing is not expected until later this year amid volatile market conditions.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Finance

Asset manager Grayscale delays IPO plans as crypto listing boom loses steam

Grayscale’s decision to delay its IPO highlights the growing caution across the crypto industry as volatile markets and weak investor demand weigh on public listing plans.

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Markets

Crypto IPOs could create massive $1 trillion market amid tokenization wave, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as institutional investors shift their focus from speculative trading to real-world financial infrastructure.

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Finance

Blockchain.com files with SEC for U.S. IPO

The crypto financial services firm submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC as it explores a public listing amid renewed momentum in digital asset markets.

Blockchain.com founder and CEO Peter Smith (Blockchain.com, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

The SEC wants to let newly public companies raise cash instantly in its biggest rule change in decades

The agency is proposing its largest overhaul of public listing rules in over 20 years, cutting compliance costs and giving crypto firms a much easier path to raise cash on Wall Street.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Kraken parent Payward cuts 150 staff, streamlining business ahead of planned IPO

The crypto exchange is also seeking fresh funding at a $20 billion valuation as it ramps up acquisitions and prepares for a public listing.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Cerebras shares skyrocket 100% after $5.5 billion IPO amid AI stock frenzy

The AI infrastructure company began trading Thursday as investors continue pouring capital into artificial intelligence stocks.

Nasdaq (Shutterstock)

Markets

Cerebras, OpenAI, SpaceX: The IPO pipeline that could drain crypto

Cerebras Systems’ $5.5 billion IPO and soaring semiconductor stocks underscore how investor attention has shifted from bitcoin to artificial intelligence in 2026.

BTCUSD vs AI Equities (TradingView)

Finance

Ethereum app builder Consensys has delayed its potential IPO until fall

The MetaMask wallet builder had reportedly engaged bankers from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to lead the process.

Joe Lubin (David Paul Morris/Consensus)