Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has announced the launch of an initial public offering (IPO) of 16.67 million shares of Class A common stock.Gemini Space Station officially filed a Form S-1 for IPO on Tuesday, planning to sell the shares priced between $17 and $19 per share, to raise up to $317 million.Subject to completion, the filing comes weeks after the company filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker GEMI on Aug. 16.With the IPO, Gemini exchange is seeking a valuation of up to $2.22 billion, according to a report by Reuters.Goldman Sachs, Citigroup among lead bookrunnersGemini’s IPO involves participation from prominent financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Cantor, who are acting as lead bookrunners.Additional bookrunners include Evercore ISI, Mizuho, Truist Securities, Cohen & Company Capital Markets, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, Needham & Company and Rosenblatt.An excerpt from Gemini’s Form S-1 IPO filing on Sept. 2, 2025. Source: SECAdditionally, Academy Securities, AmeriVet Securities, and Roberts & Ryan are acting as co-managers.Emerging growth companyIn the filing, Gemini stressed that it files for an IPO as an “emerging growth company,” which, according to the US federal securities laws, makes it subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.“We qualify as an ‘emerging growth company’ as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act of 1933,” Gemini wrote, adding: “As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are applicable to other companies that are not emerging growth companies.”Related: Grayscale submits confidential IPO filing with SECAs an emerging growth company with reduced reporting exemptions, Gemini disclosed that it had presented only two years of audited financial statements and omitted a compensation discussion, among other reliefs.Gemini’s IPO reporting exemptions, an excerpt from the Form S-1 filing. Source: SECGemini’s IPO filing came months after the company filed a confidential draft registration statement about its IPO in June, which allowed it to file for IPO before publicly disclosing sensitive information.The confidential filing came the next day after Circle, the issuer of the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization, USDC (USDC), debuted trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 5.Magazine: Bitcoin to see ‘one more big thrust’ to $150K, ETH pressure builds: Trade Secrets
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