“The Coinbase IPO is potentially a watershed event for the crypto industry and will be something the Street will be laser focused on to gauge investor appetite,’” said Daniel Ives, an analyst at wealth management firm Wedbush.
The stock opened at $381 per share, up 52.4 per cent from a reference price of $250 per share set on Tuesday.
It also surged as high as $429 in the early hours but came back down to its debut price.
There were 43 million verified Coinbase users in 2020, with 2.8 million making transactions monthly. Its revenue more than doubled to $1.14 billion last year and the company swung to a profit of $322.3 million after losing tens of millions in 2019.
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