NASDAQ launches digital currency in 2019

1. In August 2018, ice, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, established bakkt, the cryptocurrency futures exchange. From the announcement to the final launch, bakkt's every move affects the hearts of many cryptocurrency traders. Insiders in the instry believe that bakkt's flagship financial instruments have the potential to bring earth shaking changes to the bitcoin market in essence, especially in terms of market participants, liquidity and supply and demand trends, which are considered to be the engine driving bitcoin to a new high
in December 2018, NASDAQ announced its investment in the cryptocurrency exchange erisx. Compared with bakkt, although behind erisx are Nasdaq, CBOE, CME, fidelity and TD Ameritrade, one of the largest Internet Securities Companies in the United States, they are relatively unknown. But it was approved by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission earlier than bakkt to launch compliant bitcoin futures
NYSE and NASDAQ are competing for the first place, and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the largest stock exchange in Europe, is not willing to fall behind. In January 2019, the London Stock Exchange Group (lseg) announced that it would provide technology drive for atom asset exchange (AAX exchange) to enter the digital money market in a "curve entry" way.

2. general trend!

3. All of these digital coins have no value in themselves. It's all speculative goods. Once the speculative funds withdraw, the value will be zero.

4. Yes
NASDAQ is ready to develop digital currency, which is its normal response to digital assets.

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It is reported that Nasdaq has applied to US regulators to amend the rules to allow companies to raise funds through direct listing instead of IPO

According to the proposal of the New York Stock Exchange in June, the opening price of listed companies' shares must be within the proposed price range

According to iposcoop data, as of August 21, there were 109 IPOs in the United States so far this year, except for special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC). According to the media's calculation of iposcoop data, the average rise of these stocks on the first day of listing was 35.7%

venture capital investors, including benchmark's bill Gurley, have criticized the form of IPO, saying that IPO allows banks to sell shares to customers at a discount, and their customers can get huge profits when the shares start trading