Year's Biggest IPO 'Coinbase' Drops 15% in Debut (Compared to 100%+ Day-1 pops on IPOs in FY2020) - Indicating That Investors are Still Risk-Off on Speculative SPACs / IPOs Reference r/SPACs - The Year's Bigest IPO ' coinbase' drops 15%. . "Down 15%" as the stock clears 400$ when it was initially priced at 250$ 30. IPOs and SPAC's are both down ~25% in tandem from their ATHs and investor appetite generally still appears^ luke-warm at best. A blowout debut for Coinbase would've been very encouraging as an indicator of an improving risk-appetite which directly impacts SPacs.
Coinbase was given a reference price of $250 per share on the Nasdaq on Tuesday, though no shares traded hands at that price. Reference price is a guess at what it will trade at, but it doesn't mean much. It doesn't even mean that the stock has been trading at. that price; it's simply a guess. The stock opened at $386 for open market trading on Tuesday. The reference price is based on buy-sell orders / price spreads on "private transactions" of the stock. Private companies have stock that people can trade privately, just not on an exchange. This allows for price discovery in a way an IPO does not.
New Constructs CEO David Trainer: I think it's worth closer to $5 billion or $10 billion as opposed to $100 billion. Trainer points out that given the company's dual class structure, co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong will hold 22% of the voting power. Trainer: There is no reason that the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq couldn't also potentially trade crypto. The potential for current rivals to cut transaction fees to zero is also a worry of Trainer. The IPO of crypto exchangeCoinbase on Wednesday has captivated fans of digital currency and investors as they speculate on the potential for a $ 100 billion valuation on the company.
Trainer thinks all of these factors setCoinbase up to let down investors who are expecting eye-popping growth over the next five years. Trainer: "We think everybody that can trade crypto will want to get in and get a piece and you will see a race to the bottom in terms of margins" Getting in late (after early investors) on traditional IPOs are a risky investment. Similar to SPACs, it's not always dependent on whether it's a good company, but whether the valuation is reasonable. Coinbase IPO was a direct listing rather than IPO, so the $250 price was just a reference price, not an actual set price. Valuation is actually lower than that $100 billion estimate at $340/share where it closed. They're also a crypto bank custodian and hold a couple hundred billion $ worth of crypto. If they adopt Gemini and BlockFi's DeFi models they will rival banks for deposits. DeFi has the potential to completely disrupt the banking sector. High single and double digit savings rates smoke permanently low money market accounts. The Empire Spacs Back is on my watchlist as well.
Coinbase is around 100 bil and Bakkt around 2.7 bil. Pltr was pretty flat for like two months too. "Compared to blah blah" yeah expect 100bn to double wake up. It's a direct listing, more lax lockups if at all. 2,600 ($3,600) in Bitcoins.
They also don't allow you to encrypt data on first setup. So you need to first upload a few files unencrypted before you can set your key. That's why I'm not using them. Basic encryption feature is not thought well...
"Any process that doesn’t take use of our minds capabilities." I think machines will be smarter than us... so in the far (or not) future machines will do everything...
"If you actually find work satisfying and care about the results, then I think it often makes sense to devote as much time as possible without causing yourself to stop enjoying it or become unproductive."
But would you still work (doing the same thing) if you had 100000000$?
"If I worked less, I'd want to spend the extra free time doing something important."
Why do you focus on doing important things and not what-you-like-things?
Coinbase was given a reference price of $250 per share on the Nasdaq on Tuesday, though no shares traded hands at that price. Reference price is a guess at what it will trade at, but it doesn't mean much. It doesn't even mean that the stock has been trading at. that price; it's simply a guess. The stock opened at $386 for open market trading on Tuesday. The reference price is based on buy-sell orders / price spreads on "private transactions" of the stock. Private companies have stock that people can trade privately, just not on an exchange. This allows for price discovery in a way an IPO does not.
New Constructs CEO David Trainer: I think it's worth closer to $5 billion or $10 billion as opposed to $100 billion. Trainer points out that given the company's dual class structure, co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong will hold 22% of the voting power. Trainer: There is no reason that the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq couldn't also potentially trade crypto. The potential for current rivals to cut transaction fees to zero is also a worry of Trainer. The IPO of crypto exchangeCoinbase on Wednesday has captivated fans of digital currency and investors as they speculate on the potential for a $ 100 billion valuation on the company.
Trainer thinks all of these factors setCoinbase up to let down investors who are expecting eye-popping growth over the next five years. Trainer: "We think everybody that can trade crypto will want to get in and get a piece and you will see a race to the bottom in terms of margins" Getting in late (after early investors) on traditional IPOs are a risky investment. Similar to SPACs, it's not always dependent on whether it's a good company, but whether the valuation is reasonable. Coinbase IPO was a direct listing rather than IPO, so the $250 price was just a reference price, not an actual set price. Valuation is actually lower than that $100 billion estimate at $340/share where it closed. They're also a crypto bank custodian and hold a couple hundred billion $ worth of crypto. If they adopt Gemini and BlockFi's DeFi models they will rival banks for deposits. DeFi has the potential to completely disrupt the banking sector. High single and double digit savings rates smoke permanently low money market accounts. The Empire Spacs Back is on my watchlist as well.
Coinbase is around 100 bil and Bakkt around 2.7 bil. Pltr was pretty flat for like two months too. "Compared to blah blah" yeah expect 100bn to double wake up. It's a direct listing, more lax lockups if at all. 2,600 ($3,600) in Bitcoins.