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A Visual Guide to the Hot, New Crypto Fundraising Mechanism – the IEO

The ICO market might have cooled, but there's still fundraising going on in the blockchain space – it's now being done through the IEO, or initial exchange offering, and we break down how this mechanism is different our latest explainer video.

Updated Sep 13, 2021, 9:08 a.m. Published May 4, 2019, 1:10 p.m.
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  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

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Gemini said its affiliate Gemini Titan won CFTC approval to operate a Designated Contract Market, allowing the firm to offer regulated prediction markets in the U.S.

What to know:

  • Gemini said its affiliate, Gemini Titan, received CFTC approval to operate as a Designated Contract Market.
  • The firm stated that the license enables it to offer regulated prediction markets to U.S. customers.
  • The Winklevoss twins praised the decision as aligning with President Trump’s push for U.S. leadership in the crypto sector.