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Key Takeaways
- Famous crypto investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss filed for an initial public offering for their crypto trading platform.
- The registration for the Gemini Space Station IPO noted that neither the number of shares nor their price has been determined.
- The Winklevoss twins said crypto is creating a new “Golden Age” in finance.
Gemini Space Station, the cryptocurrency trading platform founded in 2014 by famed cryptocurrency investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has registered to launch an initial public offering.
In a filing with regulators, Gemini said that the number of shares and the price of the offering have not yet been determined.
The company explained that it has had a lifetime trading volume of $285 billion and boasted more than $18 billion worth of crypto under custody as of June 30.
The Winklevoss twins wrote in the prospectus that with crypto, “a new Golden Age is upon us.” They said the financial markets “are moving onchain” and that “digital assets are profoundly changing the way we transact and store value.” They added that “this is the crypto frontier” and that Gemini is a “Super App” for it.
The company noted that it intended to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “GEMI.”
