{"id":39081,"date":"2021-03-17T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T12:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39081"},"modified":"2025-08-30T07:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:51:31","slug":"kraken-to-go-public-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/kraken-to-go-public-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken to go public in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American bitcoin exchange Kraken will go public via a direct listing of its shares next year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/linked\/98587\/crypto-exchange-kraken-direct-listing-plan-2022?utm_source=feedly&#038;utm_medium=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Block<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino tweeted that Kraken plans to go public via a traditional IPO or a SPAC deal ([simple_tooltip content=\u2019\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f, \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0441\u043b\u0438\u044f\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0441 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0444\u0438\u0440\u043c\u043e\u0439, \u0436\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0435\u0439 \u0432\u044b\u0439\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0438\u0440\u0436\u0443\u2019]SPAC[\/simple_tooltip]).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCOOP: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@krakenfx<\/a> execs eying going public possibly through a SPAC or IPO possibly sometime next year as online crypto exchange\u2019s customer growth ramps up; industry sources expect a raft of crypto SPACs this summer and with that, much more regulatory scrutiny more now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxBusiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxBusiness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGasparino\/status\/1371865045571940357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Kraken spokesperson clarified that the latter option is \u201ctoo large.\u201d Earlier reports indicated the exchange planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bloomberg-kraken-the-bitcoin-exchange-seeks-a-valuation-above-10-billion\">raise its valuation to $10 billion<\/a> through additional financing.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/exchanges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoinGecko<\/a>, the platform ranks third by daily trading volume, at over $1.4 billion. The service lists Kraken among exchanges with the highest trust score.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128281\" style=\"width: 936px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128281\" class=\"wp-image-128281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-Crypto-Exchanges-Ranking-Spot-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"Kraken to become a public company in 2022\" width=\"926\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-Crypto-Exchanges-Ranking-Spot-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome.jpg 926w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-Crypto-Exchanges-Ranking-Spot-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Top-Crypto-Exchanges-Ranking-Spot-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-128281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data: CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-approves-coinbases-direct-listing-application\">approved the direct listing of the<\/a> shares of Coinbase, the largest U.S. exchange. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-coinbase-to-pursue-direct-listing-on-nasdaq-reports-say\">plans to list its securities on Nasdaq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto-friendly investing platform eToro for going public <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/etoro-to-go-public-via-merger-valued-at-about-10-billion\">selected a SPAC acquisition route<\/a> with SPAC FinTech Acquisition Corp. V.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Forklog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American bitcoin exchange Kraken will go public via a direct listing next year, The Block said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[193,1211,26],"class_list":["post-39081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-kraken","tag-stock-market","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39083,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39081\/revisions\/39083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}