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Back to news homeCoinbase’s monster Q1 in context
The crypto company just crushed the first three months of 2021 Alex Wilhelm 14 hours In the first quarter of 2021, American consumer cryptocurrency trading giant Coinbase grew sharply, generating […]
Coinbase to direct list on April 14th, provide financial update on April 6th
Today Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency trading platform and software company, said that it will begin to trade via a direct listing on April 14th. In a separate release the company […]
Vega raises $5M to give anyone the ability to launch a derivatives market
Vega, a startup that is building a decentralized protocol for creating and trading on derivatives markets, has raised $5 million in funding. Arrington Capital and Cumberland DRW co-led the round, […]
What eToro’s investor presentation and $10B valuation tells us about Robinhood
Trading platforms are being valued like high-margin video games Alex Wilhelm 8 hours Amid all the news of the last few days, you might have missed that eToro, an Israeli […]
Olo prices IPO sharply above its target, valuing company as high as $4.6B
A big story in the finance world this morning is that the Nasdaq Composite index lost ground in pre-market trading while bond yields rose. The concern is that inflation could […]
A crypto company’s journey to Data 3.0
Michael Li Contributor Data is a gold mine for a company. If managed well, it provides the clarity and insights that lead to better decision-making at scale, in addition to […]
Eco raises $26M in a16z-led round to scale its digital cryptocurrency platform
Eco, which has built out a digital global cryptocurrency platform, announced Friday that it has raised $26 million in a funding round led by a16z Crypto. Founded in 2018, the […]
How capital-as-a-service can help you get your first check in 2021
“A lot of founders mix up raising money with making money.” This quote, which Career Karma founder Ruben Harris mentioned off-hand on a phone call with me, has been on […]
If Coinbase is worth $100 billion, what’s a fair valuation for Stripe?
Mere days after we discussed Coinbase at $77 billion and Stripe at $115 billion in the private markets, those same semi-liquid exchanges have provided a new valuation for the cryptocurrency […]