Peter Thiel-Backed Exchange Bitpanda Moves Closer To IPO Anticipating Massive...
Bitpanda GmbH, the Vienna-based crypto trading platform backed by billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, is reportedly considering a range of strategic options, including a potential initial public offering (IPO) in Frankfurt. According to a Bloomberg report, the company is currently in discussions with major financial institutions such as Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase […]
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Bitpanda, the Vienna-born crypto exchange backed by investor Peter Thiel, has told markets it will not seek a listing in London as it plans its path to the public markets. Related Reading: Japan Moves Toward Clearer Crypto Rules As Policymakers Speak Out Bitpanda And London’s Adrift IPO Market Reports have disclosed that the UK’s IPO […]
The funding round was led by Valar Ventures and partners from DST Global. Austria-based cryptocurrency firm Bitpanda has closed a $170 million funding round to further the firm's international growth.The latest Series B funding round was led by Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Bitpanda announced on Tuesday, and featured partners from Yuri Milner’s investment firm DST Global, which is known as a major investor in American crypto-friendly stock trading app Robinhood. While DST is a new investor in Bitpanda, Valar previously led a $52 million....
PayPal and Facebook Founding Father Peter Thiel recently held court at the annual "Dinner for Western Civilization" dinner. This gathering was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute at the University Club in New York City. As per usual, Peter Thiel was asked about the prospectus of Bitcoin as a global currency, and how it relates to the dollar in the future. The context of this discussion being that inflation and "Quantitative Easing" are hurting the dollar's standing globally. So how would you best protect yourself, and diversify your exposure in the future, outside of the US....
The idea of cryptocurrencies has been around for a while. Peter Thiel, a very famous venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager, gave a talk in 1999 that discussed the possibility of monetary sovereignty, and further, the possibility in rise of encrypted money. Last weekend at the Thiel Foundation Under 20 Summit in New York City, Thiel himself was asked about encrypted money.
During a discussion published on March 12, 2022, the billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Peter Thiel discussed how he built Paypal with fellow co-founders Max Levchin, David Sacks, and Luke Nosek. Toward the end of the hour-long conversation, the topic quickly turned to cryptocurrencies and Thiel stressed that his “biggest mistake” during the last ten years “was getting too late and too little into bitcoin.”
Paypal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Reveals the Biggest Mistake He’s Made in the Last Decade
Last week, the new book dubbed....