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Interestingly, Coinbase co-founder and board member Fred Ehrsam is a former trader at Goldman Sachs. The Coinbase exchange announced on Thursday that it had filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A report by Business Insider asserts that Coinbase has reached out to Goldman Sachs in hopes that the bank will lead its initial public offering. This news comes a day after the exchange announced that it had filed a ‘draft registration statement on Form S-1’ with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Messari Inc, a cryptocurrency analytics firm, estimates that the company could have a value of $28 billion following its IPO. Coinbase currently has a trading volume of over $320 billion with more than 35 million users. Although there have been reports of the company’s intent to go public from as far back as July, the filing was only done this week. ....