{"id":42656,"date":"2021-05-18T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T07:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=42656"},"modified":"2025-08-31T00:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:12:42","slug":"coinbase-to-raise-1-25-billion-as-stock-slides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/coinbase-to-raise-1-25-billion-as-stock-slides\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase to raise $1.25 billion as stock slides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin exchange Coinbase<a href=\\\"https:\/\/investor.coinbase.com\/news\/news-details\/2021\/Coinbase-Announces-Proposed-Private-Offering-of-1.25-Billion-of-Convertible-Senior-Notes-Due-2026\/default.aspx#:~:text=The%20notes%20will%20be%20senior,earlier%20repurchased%2C%20redeemed%20or%20converted.\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">announced<\/a> a private placement of convertible notes worth $1.25 billion due 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<!--more-->\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Qualified institutional investors will be able to participate in buying the debt securities. The first tranche will offer up to $187.5 million of the notes for purchase within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The notes are unsecured senior obligations of Coinbase. Interest will be paid semi-annually.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The notes will mature on June 1, 2026, unless Coinbase redeems or converts them earlier in accordance with their terms.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p><em>The securities are convertible, at Coinbase&#8217;s option, into cash, Coinbase Class A ordinary shares, or a combination thereof.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, May 17, Coinbase stock (ticker: COIN) fell below<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nasdaq-sets-reference-price-for-coinbase-shares-at-250\"> the reference price ($250)<\/a> for the first time. The decline came as the broader cryptocurrency market corrected \u2014 Bitcoin<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-price-falls-below-43000\"> briefly touched $42,185<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/zjSiRfRc9InRZk7Qv_feFCPebrOoZtpxoeIQMHH7zl0VecVty_-NUDiZMPESddgQjQ9ZQWgJsffTubR4KPaBMXVDw5HKxk4f_f7SqktuTgE_ZlXWY-wVBlSMtf0omjKuZt54cozv\\\" alt=\\\"Coinbase \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0442 $1,25 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434 \u043d\u0430 \u0444\u043e\u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043d\u0438\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043a\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0430 \u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0439\\\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>On April 14, the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/coinbase-shares-begin-trading-on-nasdaq-market-capitalisation-tops-100bn\"> direct listing of Coinbase shares<\/a> on Nasdaq took place. The opening price was $381. During the first session, the company&#8217;s market capitalization exceeded $85 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Deutsche B\u00f6rse announced the delisting of COIN shares due to an error in the <span data-descr=\\\"Legal Entity Identifier \u2014 a unique 20-character identifier\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">LEI code<\/span>, after which the securities fell 12%.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin exchange Coinbase announced a private placement of convertible notes worth $1.25 billion with a maturity in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42657,"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":[138,1156,52,1211],"class_list":["post-42656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-coinbase","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-investments","tag-stock-market"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42656","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=42656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42658,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42656\/revisions\/42658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}