To IPO or Not to IPO? SPAC is the question

To IPO or Not to IPO? SPAC is the question

An initial public offering is the classic way to take a company public, but many crypto companies bypass the regulatory scrutiny with a backdoor SPAC merger. An initial public offering is the classic way to take a company public, but many crypto companies bypass the regulatory scrutiny with a backdoor SPAC mergerBy Connor SephtonIf you want to sell stock in an American company to the public, traditionally you hold an initial public offering, better known as an IPO. An IPO starts with the long, arduous, and expensive process of filing an S-1 Registration Statement with the Securities and....


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