{"id":20159,"date":"2025-04-02T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=20159"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:01:41","slug":"ambers-nasdaq-debut-signals-ipo-wave-for-crypto-firms-panteras-veradittakit-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=20159","title":{"rendered":"Amber&#8217;s Nasdaq Debut Signals IPO Wave for Crypto Firms, Pantera&#8217;s Veradittakit Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Amber Group&#8217;s (AMBR) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/events\/amber-international-holding-limited-rings-closing-bell\" target=\"_blank\">listing on Nasdaq<\/a> earlier this month paves the way for more crypto companies to take the same path, said Paul Veradittakit, a partner at Pantera Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Pantera was an early investor in the Hong Kong-based provider of crypto financial services to institutions, whose subsidiary Amber International listed on the exchange on March 13.<\/p>\n<p>Public listings of crypto-focused companies will attract institutional investors who previously lacked a structured way to enter the crypto space while also bringing in fresh capital, which analysts have noted the crypto market is currently lacking, Veradittakit said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to see a lot of U.S. companies hitting the public markets,\u201d he said, noting that 10 companies in Pantera&#8217;s portfolio are considering the move..<\/p>\n<p>Crypto custody companies, stablecoin issuers and developer platforms are considering the process, he said. On Tuesday, Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/04\/01\/stablecoin-giant-circle-files-for-ipo\" target=\"_blank\">filed to go public<\/a> on the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Veradittakit emphasized that clearer and more supportive regulation in the U.S. provides important &#8220;tailwinds&#8221; for crypto IPOs, helping international companies like Amber see opportunities to list publicly in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Amber&#8217;s listing also shows that the crypto market is not a zero-sum game between Asia and the U.S., but rather as a bridge connecting U.S. liquidity with Asian innovation and expertise, according to CEO Wayne Huo, who emphasized that the overall financial market is large enough for cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, we&#8217;ve seen technology breakthroughs are the fastest when the East and the West work together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amber intends to use the capital and visibility from the listing to support its international expansion and the development of institutional crypto financial services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/ambr\" target=\"_blank\">The company&#8217;s shares<\/a> closed at $11.38 on Tuesday, giving it a market cap of about $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, it\u2019s just the beginning of our much, much bigger stage going forward,\u201d Huo said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amber Group&#8217;s (AMBR) listing on Nasdaq earlier this month paves the way for more crypto companies to take the same path, said Paul Veradittakit, a partner at Pantera Capital. Pantera was an early investor in the Hong Kong-based provider of crypto financial services to institutions, whose subsidiary Amber International listed on the exchange on March [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-20159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}