Cathie Wood’s Ark funds has purchased a total of $352 million worth of Coinbase shares, two days after making its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker, COIN. Ark Funds’ COIN Acquisition Spree Citing data received by email, Bloomberg reports today that Wood’s funds, including the Ark Innovation ETF, Ark Fintech Innovation ETF, and Ark Next Generation ETF together added 341,186 COIN to their holdings yesterday. This is the second investment in a roll that...
Read More »Coinbase COIN Starts Trading at a Price Around $400 and Over $100 Billion Valuation
Coinbase finally started trading on Nasdaq today. The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange became the first major exchange to have its shares publicly traded. Coinbase’s direct listing on Nasdaq was undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated events in the entire cryptocurrency industry and the fintech world alike. It took place moments ago, and according to the official website of Nasdaq, COIN shares had a debut price of $381. At the time of this writing, however, the...
Read More »Binance to Add Tradable Coinbase Stock Token After the Nasdaq Listing
With the crypto and perhaps the entire financial world focused on Coinbase’s direct listing scheduled to occur today, Binance announced it will list the stock token after the Nasdaq public listing is complete. Binance to List COIN/BUSD CryptoPotato reported the latest initiative from the world’s leading crypto exchange Binance in which the company introduced zero commission tradable stock tokens. The so-called Binance Stock Tokens enable holders to qualify for economic...
Read More »Coinbase Targets Direct Nasdaq Listing of its Class A Common Stock
After the confidential submission of a draft registration statement to become a publicly-traded company announced last year, Coinbase has taken a major step to be listed on the giant US stock exchange – Nasdaq.CryptoPotato reported earlier that Coinbase had submitted a confidential draft registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public via a direct listing instead of an IPO. Initial estimations suggested that the potential valuation was at about $28...
Read More »Nasdaq CEO Says They May Halt Trading in Case of ‘Increased Social Media Chatter’ Following GME Stock Fiasco
The parabolic increase of GME stocks prompted by retail investors and a Reddit group has caught everyone’s attention, including Nasdaq’s CEO Adena Friedman.She mentioned that the giant exchange could look into potentially halting certain stocks from trading if there’s an increased social media chatter.Nasdaq To Halt Stock Trading On Certain Occasions?CryptoPotato reported earlier that retail investors participating in a Reddit group with over two million subscribers worked against Wall Street...
Read More »Coinbase Faciliated MicroStrategy’s $425M Bitcoin Purchase Without Moving The Market
The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase assisted in MicroStrategy’s massive purchase of $425 million worth of BTC. The platform pledged to help other large firms diversify their portfolios with bitcoin in the future as well.Coinbase Involved In MicroStrategy’s BTC PurchaseThe NASDAQ-listed business intelligence firm made the news on two occasions earlier this year as it announced the total purchase of 38,250 bitcoins. At the time, this sizeable amount equaled about $425...
Read More »After Buying 38,250 Bitcoins, MicroStrategy Has Become A Full Node On The BTC Network
After purchasing a sizeable amount of bitcoins for himself and his company, Michael Saylor said that the firm he operates, MicroStrategy, has been running a full node of Bitcoin’s latest core version for over a month. MicroStrategy Runs A Full BTC Node Bitcoin nodes are an essential part of the Bitcoin blockchain peer-to-peer network. Running a full node means validating transactions and blocks. Almost all nodes also help the network by accepting transactions and blocks from...
Read More »MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor HODLs $230M Worth Of Bitcoin Privately
Michael Saylor, the founder and CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company MicroStrategy, has revealed that he personally HODLs nearly 18,000 bitcoins. Additionally, he announced that his company has instituted a new Bitcoin-oriented treasury reserve policy and plans to make further BTC purchases. Michael Saylor Owns 17,732 Bitcoins The CEO of MicroStrategy has a somewhat compelling history with Bitcoin. As CryptoPotato reported recently, he said in 2013 that BTC’s days are “numbered.”...
Read More »Q3 Ends with BitMEX Fiasco and KuCoin Hack, More to Come? The Crypto Weekly Market Update
To say that a lot has happened over the past seven days would be an understatement. Starting off with Bitcoin’s price, it’s currently trading at around $10,500, down $150 over the week.Everything was going relatively well for BTC. It peaked above $10,900, giving many people hopes that we will finally see a breach above $11,000 and a restart to the bull run. However, it was yesterday when things took a turn for the wors.As CryptoPotato reported, the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission...
Read More »First Ever Company With Crypto Exchange Listed on NASDAQ
Cryptocurrency financial services company Diginex Limited will be listed for trading on Nasdaq starting today. The statement outlined that the listing became possible after Diginex completed a “business combination transaction” with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) dubbed 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp. Diginex stock went live on Nasdaq Thursday morning under the ticker symbol “EQOS, which resembles the company’s trading platform – equos.io. Diginex warrants will trade under the...
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