Regulation & Institutions

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Also: IPO

A company's first sale of shares to the public on a stock exchange. Crypto firms such as exchanges, miners, and stablecoin issuers have gone public this way, bringing crypto into traditional market oversight.

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