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After Circle's Bumper Stock Market Listing, Is 2025 Going to Be the Year of Crypto IPO?
IPOs send strong signals. Earning a place on a stock market index, which holds so much weight across the traditional finance sector, evidences your position as a successful, mainstream and compliant business. These are the signals crypto innovators want to send this year, and they’ll turn to IPOs to do so. In fact, soon, I believe we’ll see more crypto IPOs than ever before. Circle Sets the StageWe’re already seeing the trend set in. Major stablecoin issuer Circle has already listed on the NYSE recently, and others are gearing up to do the same. Ripple, Kraken and Consensys are among those who could be next in line.Historically, IPOs have remained a far-off prospect for many crypto players. Regulatory barriers halted progress for the coin issuers, exchanges and mining firms that keep the crypto machine moving. They made taking the final leap toward traditional stock markets far more difficult. As a result, many of the biggest industry names are absent from the most celebrated indexes. While Coinbase took its place on the Nasdaq in 2021, it did so via a Direct Public Offering and remains the only major crypto firm to have listed, until the latest listing of Circle.Read more: Circle Shares Soar 235% on First Day of NYSE Trading1/ Circle's IPO is a milestone not just for one company but for the whole crypto application layer."Apps" like Circle are now out-earning the very blockchains they're built on.Let's look at the top 20 revenue-generating crypto projects
IPOs send strong signals. Earning a place on a stock market index, which holds so much weight across the traditional finance sector, evidences your position as a successful, mainstream and compliant business. These are the signals crypto innovators want to send this year, and they’ll turn to IPOs to do so. In fact, soon, I believe we’ll see more crypto IPOs than ever before.
Circle Sets the Stage
We’re already seeing the trend set in. Major stablecoin issuer Circle has already listed on the NYSE recently, and others are gearing up to do the same. Ripple, Kraken and Consensys are among those who could be next in line.
Historically, IPOs have remained a far-off prospect for many crypto players. Regulatory barriers halted progress for the coin issuers, exchanges and mining firms that keep the crypto machine moving. They made taking the final leap toward traditional stock markets far more difficult.
As a result, many of the biggest industry names are absent from the most celebrated indexes. While Coinbase took its place on the Nasdaq in 2021, it did so via a Direct Public Offering and remains the only major crypto firm to have listed, until the latest listing of Circle.
Read more: Circle Shares Soar 235% on First Day of NYSE Trading
1/ Circle's IPO is a milestone not just for one company but for the whole crypto application layer."Apps" like Circle are now out-earning the very blockchains they're built on.Let's look at the top 20 revenue-generating crypto projects
