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first_img Blockchain.com plans to raise $500 million in an IPO, with a target valuation of up to $6 billion

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, the cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service provider Blockchain.com plans to complete its initial public offering (IPO) this year, aiming to raise approximately $500 million, with a target valuation range of $4 billion to $6 billion.Informed sources stated that if the listing process requires it, the company is also willing to accept a smaller issuance plan. Blockchain.com reached a valuation of $14 billion during the last peak of the cryptocurrency market, and this target valuation is significantly lower than that level. In May of this year, the company secretly submitted a draft registration document to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pave the way for a potential IPO, at that time not disclosing the number of shares to be issued or the price range.This listing plan comes as the capital market environment for cryptocurrency companies is reopening. Since mid-August, when the U.S. Treasury announced a significant increase in long-term Treasury bond repurchases, the price of Bitcoin has risen by more than 30%, driving an overall rebound in the cryptocurrency market. However, market conditions remain challenging; according to Bloomberg data, the stock prices of recently listed companies Gemini, BitGo, and eToro have fallen by about 50% to 80% from their post-listing highs.

Data: The net buying amount of listed companies increased by 30.4% in a single week, with Strategy increasing its holdings by 1,665 bitcoins in a single week

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on September 28, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $239 million, an increase of 30.4% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased 1,665 Bitcoins last week at a price of $85,681, spending approximately $143 million, bringing its total holdings to 847,666 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking eleven consecutive weeks without a purchase.In addition, three other companies announced Bitcoin purchases or holdings last week. The French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on September 28 that it purchased 13 Bitcoins at a price of $85,693.40, bringing its total holdings to 3,538 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on September 28 that it spent approximately $94.53 million last week to purchase 1,107 Bitcoins at a price of $85,396, bringing its total holdings to approximately 27,462 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,159,755 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.32% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $9.674 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

first_img Chainlink released CCIP 2, allowing enterprises to customize cross-chain security verification

On Monday, the oracle network Chainlink released the cross-chain interoperability protocol CCIP 2, making significant upgrades to its communication and cross-chain bridge infrastructure. The new version allows enterprises to add their own security verification checks on top of Chainlink's default network of 16 independent node operators. Enterprises can run their own validators or hire external service providers such as Infosys and Nethermind. Chainlink stated that users should not be forced to become "cross-chain security infrastructure experts."This upgrade comes about five months after the Kelp DAO was hacked in April of this year. The attackers are reportedly linked to the North Korean Lazarus group, stealing approximately $292 million in rsETH by deceiving the single validator relied upon by the Kelp cross-chain bridge, which operates on LayerZero. LayerZero blamed Kelp for using only a single validator, while Kelp stated that LayerZero employees had reviewed its setup and raised no objections. Kelp subsequently announced that it would migrate rsETH to Chainlink.The upgrade also adjusts the security mechanism that Chainlink had previously heavily promoted; its risk management network will no longer operate as an independent review node, with such independent checks now provided by optional validators. This means that users who have not added any validators currently rely on a single validation network, whereas previously they relied on two. Existing Chainlink users have been automatically migrated to the new version, but the company has not disclosed which institutions are using the new validators, only stating that Aave and Maple have begun adopting other features of the upgrade.
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