
This move by Coinbase will allow all its current and past employees as well other private stockholders to sell their stock before the IPO on the Nasdaq Private Market.
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This move by Coinbase will allow all its current and past employees as well other private stockholders to sell their stock before the IPO on the Nasdaq Private Market.
Bitcoin-based ETF may see the light of the day under the new Biden’s administration with Elad Roisman who will be the head of the SEC.
Stu Alderoty’s sense of buoyancy was also highlighted in the post as he revealed that he believes Biden’s administration would make crypto regulation one of their top most priority over the next four years.