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Key Events in the Venture Market on August 6, 2025: New Mega-Rounds in AI, Successful IPOs

... improving. American fintech "unicorn" Chime recently debuted successfully on the stock market, soaring more than 30% on its first trading day, making it one of the largest fintech IPOs of the year. This success inspires other contenders. Designer platform Figma conducted its long-awaited listing: the IPO raised around $1.5 billion (the company's revenue for 2024 was $749 million) at a valuation of approximately $15–20 billion. Figma's shares started trading with strong growth, confirming high ...

Key Economic Events and Corporate Earnings: Week of August 4 - 8, 2025

... obesity drugs, American fast-food leader McDonald’s will report on sales amid changing consumer behavior, Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify will show online retail dynamics, Japanese conglomerate Sony will reflect the state of the technology and media ... ... of certain goods from dozens of countries comes into effect. This action by the U.S. administration marks a new escalation in trade disputes and may prompt retaliatory measures, impacting global trade. 06:00 (China): Trade data for July (exports and imports)....

Advantages and Disadvantages of Direct Listing Compared to IPO

... successful examples of direct listings include companies like: Spotify (2018): A music streaming service that opted for a direct listing to minimize costs associated with going public and avoiding capital dilution. Slack (2019): A corporate communications platform that chose a direct listing for more flexible market entry and to ensure liquidity for existing shareholders. Coinbase (2021): A major cryptocurrency exchange that opted for a direct listing to capitalize on the cryptocurrency market's growing ...

BTC and ETH Options Expiration on July 25: Market Analysis and Key Levels

... Expiration Time: July 25, 08:00 UTC (11:00 MSK) The Role of Deribit as the Dominant Options Exchange Deribit is the largest platform for trading cryptocurrency options, accounting for over 85% of the global market for these derivatives. Nearly all global ... ... asset or rolling their positions to longer expiration dates. Conversely, those whose bets are out of the money may open new trades in hopes of recovering losses. This portfolio reshuffling creates spikes in volume and may temporarily intensify price ...

Record Investments for the Crypto Industry

... Revolut, and Nubank have higher valuations. A total of 60 investors participated in the round, including notable players such as SoftBank and Sequoia Capital. According to the exchange’s own data, FTX currently has more than 1 million users, with the platform processing an average trading volume exceeding $10 billion per day. "We started as a derivatives exchange two years ago, and this round will help us reach a new level," said CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the company’s press release. In ...