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Coinbase Global finally went public on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, with a valuation of nearly USD 100 billion. The company is capitalizing on the surging momentum of demand and price for bitcoin, ethereum, and other digital currencies. Coinbase stock started trading at $381, up more than 50 percent compared to the reference price for its stock of $250.
The stock quickly surged to a high of nearly USD 430 before closing at around USD 328. At that price, Coinbase is now worth around USD 86 billion. The company listed stocks directly on the Nasdaq, not selling new stocks through an initial public offering.
The interesting fact is that Coinase's valuation has now even outperformed the valuation of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and Nasdaq.
Some market watchers expect the stock to rise sharply from its reference price of USD 250 as the company is already profitable, sales are booming and the number of customers continues to grow.
“When it comes to Coinbase, it is the crypto event of the year. It shows that bitcoin is for everyone,” said Jean-Marie Mognetti, CEO of Coinstocks, a European digital asset manager whose stocks recently started trading on the Nasdaq Nordic exchange.
A Row of Big Investors from Coinbase Stock Listing
Previously, Venture capitalist Fred Wilson had established himself as a leading investor in consumer technology through his company, Union Square Ventures in 2013.“We have been thinking about and wanting to invest in the Bitcoin ecosystem for several years. Today, we are pleased to be able to talk about our first investment in this sector,” Wilson wrote on his company website.
Union Square Ventures first invested in Coinbase at 20 cents per stock in 2013 for Series A, allowing the company to raise stocks that are now worth $4.6 billion.
This follows Coinbase's debut on Nasdaq on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Coinbase opened at USD 381 per stock and managed to record a cryptocurrency market cap of around USD 100 billion.
At the close, the stock had traded down to USD 328.28 at a valuation of USD 85.8 billion. Coinbase is the latest technology company to generate huge returns for venture investors, thanks to the massive valuation of the public market and the accelerated growth of the digital economy.
Andreessen Horowitz
Although Union Square led Coinbase's initial funding round, the company is not the single biggest investor for Coinbase. Instead, there is an American private venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, which has stocks in crypto exchanges worth around USD 9.7 billion.
Shortly after, seven months after the launch of Coinbase Series A, which was bought up by Union Square, Andreessen Horowitz led Series B for $25 million, buying stocks at $1 per stock.
Andreessen Horowitz continued to build his stake in Coinbase, even buying some stocks from Union Square. According to the Coinbase prospectus, Andreessen Horowitz bought USD 57.1 million worth of stocks in October 2019 from Union Square for USD 23.
About a year later, Union Square sold another USD 30 million in Coinbase stock to Andreessen for USD 28.83 per stock. In total Union Square divested about 28 percent of its stake in five separate transactions, and the 3.52 million stocks sold to Andreessen are now worth a combined $1.2 billion.
Other Investors
Ribbit Capital, the fintech-focused venture company that co-leads Series A, is Coinbase's third-largest outside investor with 12 million stocks, valued at USD 3.9 billion. Tiger Global, Institutional Venture Partners, and DFJ Growth are among other backers.
Coinbase stocks closed at USD 328.28 during their initial trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. At that stock price, Coinbase's market cap is around USD 85.8 billion.
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