Fortune | FORTUNE 08月20日
Blockchain.com adds former CEO of KPMG to board as crypto firm eyes IPO
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在加密货币行业蓬勃发展的背景下,区块链公司Blockchain.com正在积极布局其未来发展。近期,该公司宣布任命了前KPMG领导者Timothy Flynn以及前Klaviyo首席法务官Landon Edmond加入其董事会。这些举措被视为该公司为可能进行的首次公开募股(IPO)做准备的重要一步。Blockchain.com是加密货币领域的早期参与者,以其钱包分发和区块链浏览器工具而闻名,并已拓展至交易所和支付服务领域。公司总裁Lane Kasselman介绍,Blockchain.com拥有零售用户钱包、机构加密服务以及包括风险投资和资产管理在内的多元化业务线。公司董事会成员构成广泛,涵盖了传统金融和Web3领域,旨在为公司发展提供多元化视角和专业支持。

🚀 **董事会成员的强化预示着上市计划:** Blockchain.com近期任命了在金融和法律领域拥有丰富经验的Timothy Flynn和Landon Edmond加入其董事会。Flynn曾领导KPMG,并担任JP Morgan董事,Edmond则曾任Klaviyo首席法务官。这些高层人事变动,特别是引入具有传统金融背景的专业人士,强烈暗示了公司正为未来的首次公开募股(IPO)进行战略性准备,以增强公司的治理结构和市场信誉。

💼 **多元化的业务布局与市场地位:** Blockchain.com自2015年成立以来,已发展成为加密货币行业的关键参与者。其核心业务包括面向零售用户的加密货币钱包、为对冲基金等机构提供的加密服务,以及资产管理业务,后者涵盖了风险投资、高频交易和数字资产财资管理等。这种多元化的业务模式使其能够覆盖更广泛的市场群体,并抵御单一业务线的风险。

🌐 **连接传统金融与数字经济的桥梁:** 公司董事会成员的广泛背景,被描述为“从华尔街到Web3的跨越”,体现了Blockchain.com致力于成为连接传统金融体系与快速发展的数字经济之间的桥梁。新加入的董事Timothy Flynn更是将公司定位为“传统金融与数字经济之间的可靠桥梁”,这表明公司在推动加密货币主流化方面扮演着重要角色。

📈 **加密货币行业的IPO浪潮:** Blockchain.com的举动发生在加密货币行业经历蓬勃发展,多家公司寻求上市的背景下。此前,稳定币巨头Circle和加密货币集团Bullish已成功上市,而Coinbase在四年前开启了行业IPO的先河。这表明市场对加密货币行业的兴趣日益浓厚,也为Blockchain.com的上市提供了良好的市场环境和示范效应。

Amid a banner year for Bitcoin, two crypto firms have held initial public offerings, and more are hoping to do the same. One of those appears to be Blockchain.com, which earlier this year announced the hiring of a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and on Wednesday announced that it had added Timothy Flynn, who has previously led KPMG and served as a director of JP Morgan, to its board.

The announcement also included the appointment the Chief Legal Officer of e-commerce site Klaviyo, Landon Edmond to the company’s board. The moves come amid an unprecedented boom for the crypto industry, which has included a clamor of investor interest in some of the sector’s oldest names—including Blockchain.com.

Founded in 2015, Blockchain.com was an early leader in distributing crypto wallets, and became known in part for its Blockchain Explorer tool, which provides an easy interface for people to search transactions on Bitcoin and other chains. It has also made forays into the exchange business, and payment services.

According to President Lane Kasselman, Blockchain.com has three primary lines of business: wallets for retail users, crypto services for hedge funds and other institutions, and asset management. The latter business includes venture capital investments, high frequency trading, and working with digital asset treasury firms.

Kasselman described the company’s board, which numbers nine with Wednesday’s appointments, as “spanning from Wall Street to Web 3.”

In a statement, Flynn describe the firm as “a trusted bridge between traditional finance and the digital economy.”

Blockchain.com, which was valued at $7 billion in 2023, declined to comment on whether it is actively pursuing an initial public offering. The longtime crypto exchange Kraken is another familiar industry name that has been the subject of media reports about a potential IPO.

In recent months, stablecoin giant Circle and crypto conglomerate Bullish made their public debuts, four years after Coinbase held the industry’s first IPO.

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