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Jan. 28, 2021, 8:39 PM

Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Picks Direct Listing Over IPO

Crystal Tse
Crystal Tse
Bloomberg News
Katie Roof
Katie Roof
Bloomberg News

Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is planning to go public through a direct listing, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

The San Francisco-based company previously filed its registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, though it hadn’t specified that it would pursue a direct listing instead of a standard initial public offering.

Coinbase will join a handful of mostly consumer-facing technology companies including Spotify Technology SA that have gone public through direct listings. Online video game company Roblox Corp. also has announced that it’s planning a direct listing, after earlier delaying its ...