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Finančný riaditeľ Blockchain.com tvrdí, že spoločnosť by mohla vstúpiť do IPO v „18 mesiacoch“, v súvahe firmy sa nachádzajú BTC, ETH
This week Blockchain.com CFO Macrina Kgil discussed how the company has surpassed $1 trillion in cryptocurrency transactions and the company may go public with an initial public offering (IPO) in 2023. The cryptocurrency firm is one of the oldest in the industry and Kgil explained that 76 million Blockchain.com wallets have been created since the company’s inception.
$1 Trillion in Crypto Transactions Processed, 76 Million Wallets Created
V marci 2021, BitcoinSprávy .com hlásené on Blockchain.com raising $300 million and receiving a post-money valuation of around $5.2 billion. The company has been around for quite some time and when it was called “Blockchain.info” it was established by Ben Reeves way back in 2011. In 2013 it was led by Nicolas Cary and was považované za najpopulárnejší bitcoin wallet at the time.
In 2014, Blockchain.com was led by Peter Smith and he’s remained the company’s CEO ever since. Macrina Kgil, Blockchain.com’s chief financial officer, podrobne tento týždeň that the company has jumped over $1 trillion in crypto transactions since the firm started.
„Nedávno sme dosiahli významný míľnik na Blockchain.com, prekonali sme viac ako 1 bilión dolárov v kryptomenách uskutočnených na našej platforme. Aby sme dali toto číslo do kontextu, spracovali sme takmer tretinu všetkých bitcoin network transactions since 2012,” Kgil said. The company’s CFO added:
Our institutional market business is continuing to see exponential growth as more asset managers look to meet their clients’ demand to work with this new asset class.
Blockchain.com Is Contemplating an Initial Public Offering, Firm Holds Bitcoin and Ethereum on Its Balance Sheet
The Blockchain.com CFO also spoke with Fortune.com in an interview published on August 30 that explains the firm has also seen 76 million wallets created. Kgil believes that the cryptocurrency ecosystem will see continued growth and noted that crypto is not going anywhere.
“At this point in time, a lot of people actually think crypto is here to stay,” Kgil stressed in her interview with Fortune.com. “It’s just [a matter of] how big and how fast it will grow within the overall economy,” she added.
Furthermore, just like publicly-listed companies like Coinbase and Canaan, the Blockchain.com CFO mentioned that the company may see an initial public offering as soon as 2023. The interview says “possibly 18-months or more away” and the interview also highlights that Blockchain.com keeps crypto assets on its balance sheet.
“The main pieces of crypto we hold are [bitcoin (BTC) a ethereum (ETH)… but we do also hold [altcoins], as a company, when we think it makes sense,” Kgil says.
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