Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Picks Direct Listing Over IPO

Coinbase office in San Francisco.

Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg
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Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is planning to go public through a direct listing, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

The San Francisco-based company previously filed its registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, though it hadn’t specified that it would pursue a direct listing instead of a standard initial public offering.