Initial Public Offerings/page/2 news and trends

Blockchain.com Files Confidentially for IPO
IPO // May 21, 2026

Blockchain.com is the latest in a series of crypto companies going public. The company announced Thursday (May 21) that it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its initial public offering (IPO). “The number of shares...

Brazilian Payments Firm Elo Plans American IPO
IPO // May 11, 2026

Brazilian payments firm Elo is reportedly working on an initial public offering (IPO). The company has tapped banking partners as it prepares to list in the U.S. in the second half of the year, Bloomberg News reported Monday (May 11), citing sources familiar with the matter. Bloomberg notes that...

Crypto IPOs Are Getting Boring, and That’s the Point
Cryptocurrency // January 29, 2026

The cryptocurrency industry’s teenage years were tumultuous, to say the least. Crypto-native investors, builders and in-crowd stakeholders cycled through booms and busts, chased speculative manias and repeatedly clashed with regulators, all while insisting that a mature, institutional future lay just beyond the next market cycle. That...

InsurTech Ethos Hopes to Raise $211 Million in IPO
IPO // January 20, 2026

Insurance platform Ethos Technologies hopes to raise $211 million from its initial public offering. The company and some of its shareholders aim to sell 10.5 million shares at a price between $18 and $20 apiece, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 20) securities filing. The filing...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech IPO Outlook: Profits and Platforms Take Center Stage

January 03, 2025
By any stretch of the imagination, for the FinTech IPO Index, the last 12 months have been largely kind. Headed into 2025, the index was up more than 58% through the previous year, far outpacing the Nasdaq’s 28.6% advance through the same period. With those gains in the rearview mirror, the question remains: What’s next? […]

For ICOs, Smoke, Sizzle, Or SoS?

September 04, 2017
The 1960s TV show “Lost in Space” featured a robot that would stand pat, robot arms akimbo, shouting in its robot voice, “Danger, Will Robinson, danger!” The filming was crude,...

Quick Reads
Anthropic Customers Switch to Cheaper Models Ahead of IPO

August 23, 2026
Anthropic customers are reportedly using lower-cost alternatives to its most powerful artificial intelligence model. That’s according to a report Sunday (Aug. 23) by the Financial Times (FT), which contends that this development among the startup’s U.S. customers raises questions about Anthropic’s aggressive spending ahead of what is expected to be the largest public offering on […]

Blockchain.com Files Confidentially for IPO

May 21, 2026
Blockchain.com is the latest in a series of crypto companies going public. The company announced Thursday (May 21) that it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S....

Brazilian Payments Firm Elo Plans American IPO

May 11, 2026
Brazilian payments firm Elo is reportedly working on an initial public offering (IPO). The company has tapped banking partners as it prepares to list in the U.S. in the second half of...

InsurTech Ethos Hopes to Raise $211 Million in IPO

January 20, 2026
Insurance platform Ethos Technologies hopes to raise $211 million from its initial public offering. The company and some of its shareholders aim to sell 10.5 million shares at a price...