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- The cryptocurrency company Blockchain is reportedly targeting a massive six billion dollar valuation during its upcoming initial public stock offering.
- The growing financial firm recently partnered with Polymarket, introducing popular prediction market contracts to millions of retail digital currency traders.
Blockchain.com is reportedly targeting a $4 billion to $6 billion valuation in a planned U.S. IPO this year and aims to raise about $500 million, a move that could put another crypto company with prediction market exposure into public markets.
The reported offering matters beyond crypto finance because Blockchain.com has recently pushed into products tied to the wagering-adjacent market, including a July partnership with Polymarket and newer derivatives tied to private-company valuations. The company had already submitted a confidential filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission in May for an offering of Class A ordinary shares.
IPO plans come as Blockchain.com broadens its business
According to the report, the IPO terms could still change depending on market conditions. Blockchain.com had explored going public as early as 2022, when private investors valued it at $14 billion. A later $110 million funding round in 2023 valued the business at less than half that level.
Blockchain.com has been expanding beyond its better-known wallet and brokerage products. The company signed an agreement with the New York Stock Exchange to explore offering users access to tokenized U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs through the NYSE’s planned digital trading platform.
It also expanded its partnership with Ondo Finance to offer tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to eligible European users after earlier rollouts in parts of Africa and South America.
In September, Blockchain.com launched perpetual contracts tracking the valuations of private AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic using infrastructure powered by Hyperliquid.
Polymarket tie-up adds a prediction-market angle
For Bonus readers, the most notable recent development may be Blockchain.com’s move into prediction markets. In July, the company partnered with Polymarket to bring prediction markets into its app.
The source material does not say how those products will ultimately be structured in each jurisdiction, but the partnership places Blockchain.com closer to a market segment that overlaps with U.S. betting and event-contract interest.
The company has also been expanding its regulatory footprint. In August, it secured a definitive VASP custody services license in the Cayman Islands and was admitted to the Nigerian SEC’s regulatory incubation program later that month. It also expanded its institutional payments business into Brazil, using stablecoins for cross-border settlement and dollar liquidity.
Blockchain.com says it has more than 95 million wallets, 44 million confirmed accounts, and has processed over $1.2 trillion in transactions across more than 70 jurisdictions. The company was founded in 2011 and has raised about $537 million in equity capital since launch.
What comes next is whether Blockchain.com proceeds with the IPO this year, and if so, what final valuation, raise size, exchange, and listing terms it chooses.
Source: As reported by cryptonews.net.
