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Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase Files for Initial Public Offering

Coinbase will be the first major bitcoin-focused company to test the public markets.
Coinbase Chief Executive Brian Armstrong Photo: Nikki Ritcher for the Wall Street Journal
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Dec. 17, 2020 2:15 pm ET

Coinbase Global Inc., the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, the first major bitcoin-focused company to test the public markets.

The company disclosed the news in a blog post Thursday afternoon.

The filing positions San Francisco-based Coinbase to be one of the first big IPOs of 2021, in what is expected to be another big year for companies going public.

There are a smattering of small crypto-based companies that trade publicly in the U.S. and overseas, but none the size of Coinbase, which was most recently valued at around $8 billion. It is the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world.

Coinbase’s IPO filing comes just a day after bitcoin topped $20,000 for the first time in its 12-year history. The digital currency’s value has nearly tripled in 2020.

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WSJ's Joanna Stern "bumps into" the Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and asks him why we need cryptocurrency, how he spends it and if the dollar will disappear. Photo: Andria Chamberlin for The Wall Street Journal (Originally published Dec. 3, 2019)

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