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Robinhood $HOOD joins Fintech 50 Index at rank 19 based on a market cap around $32 billion

Fintech 50 Index is 50 publicly traded Fintech stocks ranked by market cap and has been incubated within Daily Fintech, the leading site for Fintech, Crypto and Insurtech trends & analysis. Robinhood went for a traditional IPO (Initial Public Offering) vs the DPO (Direct Public Offering) chosen by Coinbase in their 14 April public stock…
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4 August 2021 0

OOPS! The market just lost over $25 billion of Coinbase (COIN)  stock

Coinbase Market Cap was listed incorrectly and all major news sources reported this bad data as fact. Bear with me while I go a bit nerdy to explain how and why all these trusted sources got it so badly wrong. $25 billion difference is a big mistake. This is NOT about the trading price per share.…
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20 April 2021 0

This crypto-in a-suit bull market will NOT end like the two previous bull markets.

We are in the crypto-in a-suit bull market, epitomised by Coinbase going public and joining the Fintech 50 Index last week. A suit is the uniform of corporate life but we are not defined by our uniform. Years ago, during a crypto bear market I was at a conference of legacy finance folks. I was…
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19 April 2021 0

Squarespace files for a direct listing on the NYSE

Today Squarespace, a well-known software-and-hosting provider for SMB websites, released its S-1 filing. The company is pursuing a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE. It will trade under the ticker symbol “SQSP.” The company’s financial results paint the picture of a rapidly growing company that has a history of profitability. Squarespace…
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16 April 2021 0

Coinbase’s COIN stock reference price set at just $250, as 1,700 staff get free shares

Major U.S. exchange Coinbase’s COIN stock has received a reference price at $250 from Nasdaq, ahead of the much-anticipated direct listing on the stock exchange just hours from now. The price is far below the current FTX pre-trading price of $600, albeit on thin 24-hour volume of under $4 million. The exchange is going public…
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14 April 2021 0

Coinbase sets direct listing reference price at $250/share, valuing the company at as much as $65B

Coinbase, the American cryptocurrency trading giant, has set a reference price for its direct listing at $250 per share. According to the company’s most recent SEC filing, it has a fully-diluted share count of 261.3 million, giving the company a valuation of $65.3 billion. Using a simple share count of 196,760,122 provided in its most…
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13 April 2021 0