Gemini Space Station, a crypto exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, is set to go public on Friday to cap a week of IPO activity.
The company priced its initial public offering at $28 per share on the Nasdaq late on Thursday, putting Gemini’s valuation at $3.3 billion. According to Reuters, the IPO was 20 times oversubscribed, indicating strong demand for crypto companies. The stock will begin trading under the ticker GEMI.
Meanwhile, shares of blockchain platform Figure Technology Solutions (FIGR) are set to begin their second day of trading by taking a leg lower. The stock, which opened at $25 per share on Thursday, spiked as much as 48% in initial trading and closed the day 24% higher at $31 per share.
Figure raised $787.5 million in its IPO, valuing the company at $5.3 billion. In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi, Figure co-founder Mike Cagney explained why there’s market excitement around crypto and how it’s disrupting financial markets.
Buy now, pay later firm Klarna (KLAR), which debuted on the public markets on Wednesday, was up 2.5% in premarket trading on Friday after a down day on Thursday. The stock closed its first day of trading 16% higher and its IPO raised $1.37 billion.
