Crypto Exchange FTX Valued at $18 Billion
- Date: 20-Jul-2021
- Source: The Wall Street Journal
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Middle East
Crypto Exchange FTX Valued at $18 Billion
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has raised money at an $18 billion valuation, a deal that shows investors’ enthusiasm for digital currencies even after a crash that erased half of bitcoin’s value over the past three months.
FTX raised $900 million in a new funding round that closed Tuesday. Participants in the round included Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. , Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital and Third Point, the hedge fund led by billionaire Daniel Loeb, FTX said in a statement.
The transaction vaulted FTX into the ranks of the world’s highest-valued crypto companies. It also provided a measure of mainstream acceptance for FTX, which bars Americans from trading on its main marketplace to avoid running afoul of U.S. regulators. FTX’s main office is in Hong Kong and its parent company, FTX Trading Ltd., is domiciled in Antigua and Barbuda.
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