The green blockchain company revealed no details of the proposal; the new CEO said the IPO would probably occur next year.
The Chia Network blockchain said April 14 that it had submitted a
proposal for an initial public offering (IPO) to the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The size and price range of
the offering have not been determined, the company said.
The proposal was submitted confidentially and the announcement was made
under a Securities Act of 1933 rule to allow limited information to be
released to measure investor response.
The Chia Network is a decentralized smart contract platform that uses a novel consensus protocol
based on data storage space. It claims the network has lower energy
consumption than blockchains that use proof-of-work consensus and is
able to reutilize worn storage hardware. BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen created the Chia Network in 2017.
Despite some questions about the network’s green claims, the company raised $61 million in a funding round in
2021 with backers that included Andreessen Horowitz, Richmond Global
Ventures and other venture capitalists. The company was reportedly
valued at $500 million at that time.
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Cohen served as Chia Network CEO until January, when he transitioned
to the roles of chairman and chief technology officer. Cohen was
replaced as CEO by Gene Hoffman, who moved up from chief operating
officer.
Hoffman told
Bloomberg at the time of his promotion that the company would file for
an IPO “soon,” but he did not foresee the offering taking place this
year. “This market is not going to be open for us,” he said.
The crypto market reacted positively to the Chia Network
announcement, with the native Chia (XCH) token rising from $40.68 at the
beginning of the U.S. workday to $45.35 at the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap.
Meanwhile, Singapore-based crypto miner Bitdeer made its premier on Nasdaq on April 14, in a much-delayed move that has been in the works since 2021. Bitdeer shares fell 18% in trading by 9:33 a.m. that day.
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