Fintech Today - FTT Update: That’s A Lot of Apes
Hi all, Julie here.
Not gonna lie, getting back into the swing of things has been rough. Apparently astrology has something to do with this as well. I can’t remember the specifics of which moon season we’re in right now and stuff, but we’re just gonna go with that. I also told Jordan last night that we can’t get pregnant next month since our baby would be a Scorpio and Lord knows I can’t handle a Scorpio for a child. Y’all are fierce.
Anyways, it’s a nice day again here in Austin so I’m excited to meet up with a friend from Lithic at Cosmic Coffee later. Hope you guys are hanging in there this week!
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Company News
Justworks IPO Info
The fintech startup released an updated IPO filing that provided fresh financial results and a look at what the company may be worth when it debuts (more than $2B). Initially filing to go public during our holiday break, the HR/Payroll startup is selling 7M shares priced between $29 and $32 apiece on the Nasdaq.
Funding and Deals
OpenSea’s New Round
Nice work from my former colleague Eric Newcomer with this scoop. OpenSea raised a new round at a $13B+ valuation led by Coatue and Paradigm, with participation from Katie Haun’s new fund. Not bad considering the NFT platform is only four years old.
Blockchain As A Service
I love nothing more than writing about an Austin based company doing well. Cion Digital just announced a $12M seed round led by Green Visor Capital and 645 Ventures. The fresh capital will be utilized to expand R&D resources and accelerate the rollout of crypto financing and payment solutions tailored for financial services companies and big ticket retailers and to expand the capabilities of the firm’s proprietary Blockchain Orchestration Platform for other industries.
Crypto Watch
Bitcoin Trading and Internet Troubles
Soooo, Bitcoin trading might never stop, but if your internet goes out, you’re in trouble. Kazakhstan's government cut off internet access amid escalating protests, and the country's Bitcoin mining operations saw a huge drop. According to a comparison of mining pool hashrates from half a day ago (prior to the shutdown) and now, the situation is notable given that Kazakhstan is home to as much as 18% of the world's Bitcoin hashrate, as estimated last fall by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.
That’s A Lot of Apes
Speaking of OpenSea, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has now generated more than $1B in total sales, according to data site CryptoSlam. Demand for the collection of coveted non-fungible tokens (NFTs) was especially strong among rappers at the end of 2021. Ian would know more of these people than I do, but Martin Garrix, Post Malone, Diplo and DJ Khaled are some of those that got in on the action.
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Julie VerHage-Greenberg is the co-founder of Fintech Today, where she focuses on editorial content and brand. Prior to joining, she was Bloomberg’s first fintech reporter, covering Robinhood from before it was a billion dollar company, breaking the news that Plaid was acquiring Quovo, and interviewing executives on Bloomberg TV and at several large conferences.
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