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Coinbase Files With SEC For 2021 IPO

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This makes Coinbase the first major bitcoin company to go for the public markets, WSJ reported. The company's goal is to meld its crypto focus with the existing financial system and to make bitcoin more accessible to more people, WSJ reported. The IPO, which is set to be a major one for 2021, signals the wider acceptance of bitcoin.

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Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Headed into the end of 2016, bitcoin trades on the high end of $700, and much has been made about the price appreciation in the wake of geopolitical surprises, such as Brexit and, of course, the U.S. The question remains, however, just how bitcoin should be viewed and used. Said Kavner: “Bitcoin is a commodity.

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PayPal Taps into Bitcoin by Adding Wences Casares to Board

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JANUARY 13, 2016

PayPal announced today it has selected Wences Casares, founder and CEO of bitcoin wallet Xapo, to its Board of Directors. Casares will serve on PayPal’s Compensation Committee and is the ninth member of PayPal’s board. PayPal debuted its Instant Account Creation at FinovateEurope 2012.

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Coinbase Offers Mobile Card Payment Option to European Bitcoin Buyers

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 29, 2016

European customers of Coinbase have been able to buy bitcoin and Ethereum using debit and credit cards for a little over a year. The company added support for ethereum earlier this year , and enabled PayPal and credit cards for bitcoin sales and purchases , respectively, in June. Now, they can do it on mobile , too.

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Fintech Trending: Germany Expands, Pokemon Goes & PayPal Partners

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JULY 29, 2016

While in Florida, a judge ruled that Bitcoin isn’t money , the EU commission made a step fostering the cryptocurrency , proposing the creation of a central database that keeps a record of bitcoin users. Visa ( F10 ) and PayPal ( F12 , FD16 ) partnered , putting to bed a long-standing conflict. A Week in the Blockchain.

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The Websites Of 35 Unicorn Startups Before They Became Billion-Dollar Companies

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JULY 18, 2018

Website as of: June 2012. Website as of: August 2012. When Instacart was founded in 2012, there were already other apps trying to push the disruption of grocery delivery forward. Website as of: September 2012. Coinbase, a cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, had this website back when the price of bitcoin was around $13.

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Coinbase Lands $10.5 Million in Strategic Investment from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 7, 2016

Bitcoin platform for merchant processing and consumer wallets, Coinbase , received backing from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (MUCAP) and Sozo Ventures today. ” Late last month Coinbase announced it now accepts PayPal for selling bitcoin. Coinbase users in the U.S. The post Coinbase Lands $10.5

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Innovation Project Has Arrived

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2017

Payments have always been about what’s next, Karen Webster recently noted, from the first exchanges made for seashells to bitcoin and beyond.

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8 Connected-Economy Firms Expected To Light Up The IPO Market In 2021

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Affirm CEO and Co-Founder Max Levchin — a co-founder of PayPal — told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster in an interview last year. Cryptocurrencies are hot and bitcoin has soared more than nearly 600 percent in recent months to trade at or near all-time highs, making this a strong moment for leading U.S. Coinbase ($8 Billion+) . on March 13.

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Will The Stars Align For Facebook’s Project Libra?

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch. And this plan is a way for Facebook to leapfrog them by using cool, modern tech and stablecoins tied to fiat currency – today’s hot payments play – and keeps them out of the bitcoin fray. A Cryptocurrency Play in Three Acts. One dollar purchased 10 Facebook Credits.

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The 198 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (June 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 7, 2021

Mercado Bitcoin, Brazillian crypto exchange. Total market value = $ 1.91 New in June: #95(t): $2.2B Swedish neobank Tink acquired by Visa. #95(t): Addepar , U.S.-based based wealth management platform. 102(t): $2.1B 105(t): $2.0B Clip , Mexican payments startup. 105(t): $2.0B Bunq , banking startup from The Netherlands. 121(t): $1.8B

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The 225 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Aug 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

82t ($3.2B): Canadian bitcoin and blockchain provider Blockstream. Total market value = $2.11 New in August: #14 ($28B): South Korean digital lender KakaoBank went public. 743t($3.8B): USA instutional crypto trading provider FalconX. 98t($2.9B): India-based payments company BharatPe . 98t ($2.9B): USA-based investment startup DriveWealth.

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The 238 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Sep 2021)

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

2.7B: Paidy – Japanese payments company acquired by PayPal . . $5.9B: Clearwater Analytics – US investment back-office provider founded in 2003. 3.5B: Coalition – US cybersecurity insurance provider founded in 2017. 2.0B: Atome – Payments startup from Singapore. 1.5B: Ascend Money – Payments firm from Thailand. Full Fintech Unicorn List.

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281 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2022)

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Beginning = $2.20 trillion Plus: $38B value of new entrants Less: $210B decline in value of previous unicorns _ Total (Jan 31) = $2.03 Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. 1 Feb 2022. Ant Technology. 2018 round. 1 Feb 2022. Ecommerce. 1 Feb 2022. June 2021 round. Checkout.com. Jan 2022 round. 1 Feb 2022. July 2021 round. FTX Exchange.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2022)

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Less: $55B decline in value of previous unicorns. _. Total (Dec 31) = $2.03 Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. 1 Feb 2022. Ant Technology. 2018 round. 1 Feb 2022. Ecommerce. 1 Feb 2022. June 2021 round. Checkout.com. Jan 2022 round. 1 Feb 2022. July 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Jan 2022 round. August ’21 exit (Block). 1 Feb 2022.

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The 208 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (July 2021 update)

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AUGUST 10, 2021

. #149(t): $1.4B USA cyber insurer At-Bay. 173(t): $1.0B Singapore insurtech Bolttech. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. 6 Aug 2021. United States. 6 Aug 2021. Ant Technology. 2018 round. 6 Aug 2021. United States. Mar 2021 round. United States. 6 Aug 2021. Netherlands. 6 Aug 2021. United States. 6 Aug 2021. United States.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Dec 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Less: $127B decline in value of previous unicorns. _. Total (Dec 31) = $2.09 trillion. . Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. Ant Technology. 2018 round. Block ( Square ). June ’21 round. Checkout.com. Jan ’22 round. July ’21 round. Aug ’21 round. FTX Exchange. Oct ’21 round. South Korea. Secondary market May 21.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Total (Oct 30) = 260. Total market value = $2.23 trillion. . Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Ant Technology. 2018 round. Mar 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Total (Oct 30) = 260. Total market value = $2.23 trillion. . Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Ant Technology. 2018 round. Mar 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021.

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The 266 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Nov 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Total (Nov 30) = 266. Total market value = $2.20 Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. Ant Technology. 2018 round. Netherlands. 9 Dec 2021. June 2021 round. July 2021 round. South Korea. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. New Zealand. Accounting. Secondary market May 21. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round.

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President Obama On The ‘Cyber Arms Race’

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Quartz reported that the site Rambler was targeted by hacks dating back to 2012, and as a result, roughly 98 million accounts were compromised. Fraudsters are posing as PayPal’s own customer service representatives on Twitter in order to perpetrate phishing attacks against unsuspecting PayPal users.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

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MAY 15, 2019

When Bitcoin gained popularity, Fidelity Charitable wasn’t equipped to accept it. Working with FCAT, the charity searched for third-party vendors and iterated testing on compliance with legal and regulatory requirements to be able to accept Bitcoin. Founded: 2012. PayPal — Innovation Lab. Founded: 2012.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Users May Withdraw Stored Bitcoin until July. BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Title: Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments. Product: BTCJam. Product: Jumio.

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Coinbase Files With SEC For 2021 IPO

Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?

PayPal Taps into Bitcoin by Adding Wences Casares to Board

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Coinbase Offers Mobile Card Payment Option to European Bitcoin Buyers

Fintech Trending: Germany Expands, Pokemon Goes & PayPal Partners

The Websites Of 35 Unicorn Startups Before They Became Billion-Dollar Companies

Coinbase Lands $10.5 Million in Strategic Investment from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

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