Circle之外,还有哪些加密公司考虑IPO?

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交易所 Kraken、托管商 Anchorage 和 BitGo、稳定币发行方 Paxos 等机构可能正考虑 IPO。

原文作者:Daniel Kuhn,CoinDesk

原文编译:Felix,PANews

根据向美国 SEC 提交的一份机密文件,总部位于美国的稳定币 USDC 发行商 Circle 准备再次上市。此前 2021 年 Circle 计划与 SPAC 公司合并,并在在纽交所上市,但却以失败告终。

(注:在美国上市除了通过传统 IPO,还有就是通过与特殊目的收购公司,简称 SPAC 做合并,实现上市目标。SPAC 俗称「空白支票公司」,实质上就像一个上市的私募基金,发起人先设立一个公司,提交首次公开发行的招股说明书,通过 IPO 融资上市,之后在 12 个月到 24 个月的时间内找到目标公司完成收购。大多数 SPAC 在纳斯达克上市,也有一些在纽交所上市)

随着加密市场在经济走强的背景下出现反弹,今年区块链领域的投资资金和潜在的 IPO 似乎均有望出现转机。虽然加密行业诞生已有 15 年,但能上市公司却非常少。

去年 12 月,高盛预测, 2024 年下半年 IPO 活动将更加活跃,尤其是如果美联储降息的话,会降低交易成本刺激经济。虽然有许多潜在的障碍,包括美国总统大选、国会内讧、战争和通货膨胀。但正如高盛所言,「当金融市场强劲时,公开募股往往会很频繁」,而且越来越明显的是,加密市场正在走强。

此外,随着现货比特币 ETF 的推出,加密市场更加成熟。许多公司已经筹集了大量资金,而老牌公司的投资者(通常以 10 年为期)可能正在寻求回报。

此外由于经济的不确定性,如果加密市场在短期内保持高位,在经济衰退之前可能会出现上市的机会窗口。具有代表性的是 Coinbase,该公司作为上轮牛市期间为数不多的上市公司之一,于 2021 年初直接上市。

谁最有可能 IPO?

在加密领域,有十几家估值超过 10 亿美元的「独角兽」公司,是最有可能 IPO 的候选者。

尽管有些公司可能更愿意保持私有,以更大程度的控制公司,并减少审查。但一般来说,如果一家公司筹集外部资本,投资者最可能实现「退出」的只有两种方式,要么是公开上市,要么是破产清算。

本文对其中许多公司进行了分析,以确定哪些公司可以宣布今年的上市计划。这是一个代表性但并不完整的列表,旨在让读者了解影响上市的因素。这些公司可能会集中在交易所、托管和稳定币领域,所有这些领域在加密货币反弹期间都具有巨大的增长潜力。

去年 11 月,Kraken 首席执行官 Dave Ripley 表示正考虑上市。该公司此前采取了初步措施,向美国 SEC 发起审查申请。但在一年之后,SEC 并未宣布 Kraken 是「有效的」候选人。然而,据 The Block 报道,自那以后,Kraken 的高管团队中都是有公开募股经验的资深高管,包括首席合规官 CJ Rinaldi 和首席财务官 Carrie Dolan。Kraken 最近的估值接近 110 亿美元,该公司还拥有业内最强大的法律 / 合规部门之一,由律师 Marco Santori 领导。

对 Kraken 不利的是去年美国 SEC 提起的诉讼,指控 Kraken 为未注册的经纪机构,如此一来,Kraken 唯有公开上市一条出路。值得注意的是,其他几家交易所和券商,包括以色列的 eToro 和 CoinDesk 的母公司 Bullish,都曾试图上市,但都被美国 SEC 拒绝。如果将视野扩展到美国市场之外,欧盟的 Bitpanda 和墨西哥的 Bitso 也应受到关注。

在加密托管领域,互为竞争对手的 Anchorage 和 BitGo 也可能在探索公开上市。这两家都是托管领域的头部公司,其业务范围已经扩展到托管之外,包括其他安全服务以及代币化的热门领域。

一位发言人在一封电子邮件中表示:「Anchorage Digital 为全球机构提供安全可靠的数字资产基础设施服务。我们的客户群包括资产管理公司、注册投资顾问、加密协议、风险投资公司等」,回避了有关上市的问题。

BitGo 成立于 2013 年,在 2023 年的 C 轮融资中估值 17.5 亿美元,这一估值非常低,可能与 SPAC 合并上市。与此同时,Anchorage 也是一家联邦特许银行,最新估值为 30 亿美元。

第三大稳定币发行方 Paxos 也可能申请上市。Paxos 是寻求创建品牌稳定币的第三方的首选发行方。例如,Paxos 是 PayPal 最近推出的 PYUSD 代币和币安的 BUSD(已停产)的发行人。稳定币已经成为区块链最清晰的用途之一。

加密领域还有很多其他公司和新兴赛道。有几家历史悠久的大型区块链硬件公司,包括 Ledger 和 Trezor、支付技术公司 Ripple 和 BitPay,以及 Bitwise 等金融服务提供商,可能正在考虑 IPO。

除了公司治理高效外,能上市的关键因素还包括市场适应性和增长潜力。拥有大量政府合同的 Chainalysis 也可能在今年上市时处于有利地位。值得注意的是,在现有的加密上市公司中,大多数公司都参与了加密挖矿,部分原因是,尽管比特币的价格波动很大,但这是一个现金流最容易预测的业务。

最后一个想法是,如果有人提供资金,FTX 也可能会尝试上市。

Delphi Digital 首席执行官 Anil Lulla 表示:「老实说,这一切都取决于 Circle 的 IPO 进展如何。如果进展顺利,很多其他公司可能会对此进行尝试。」

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