{"id":59333,"date":"2025-11-19T17:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=59333"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:46:39","slug":"kraken-confidentially-files-for-ipo-targets-20-billion-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=59333","title":{"rendered":"Kraken Confidentially Files For IPO, Targets $20 Billion Valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Kraken<\/strong> has confidentially filed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/11\/48942854\/crypto-exchange-kraken-says-its-now-valued-at-20-billion-after-latest-investment-ken-griffins-citadel-invests-200-million\">a U.S. IPO<\/a>, moving ahead with a long-anticipated public listing as crypto firms race to reach markets before the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kraken Moves Ahead After $20B Valuation<\/h3>\n<p>The filing comes a day after Kraken <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/349217\/crypto-exchange-kraken-files-ipo-following-800-million-raise\">closed<\/a> an $800 million round that pushed its valuation to $20 billion, a 33% increase in under two months.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange said it submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission, though share count and pricing details have not been set.<\/p>\n<p>The move has been expected since March, when the SEC dropped its lawsuit against Kraken&#8217;s staking services under the <strong>Trump<\/strong> administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reports earlier in the year indicated the firm aimed to raise hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of going public.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto Firms Race To List Before 2026 Elections<\/h3>\n<p>Kraken&#8217;s filing adds momentum to a broader rush among digital asset companies preparing to tap U.S. equity markets &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/11\/48956185\/kraken-confidentially-files-for-ipo-targets-20-billion-valuation?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Kraken\" confidentially files for ipo targets billion valuation>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kraken has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, moving ahead with a long-anticipated public listing as crypto firms race to reach markets before the 2026 midterms. Kraken Moves Ahead After $20B Valuation The filing comes a day after Kraken closed an $800 million round that pushed its valuation to $20 billion, a 33% increase in [&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-59333","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\/59333","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=59333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}