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Invest in Kraken
Kraken, a United States-based cryptocurrency exchange, provides access to trading between 50+ digital assets. Kraken is the fourth-largest crypto exchange by trading volume. It has nearly 6 million clients globally and was founded in 2011 in San Francisco, California.
In 2021 Kraken recorded a surge in business growth and the number of new users that signed up on the platform. In the first quarter of 2021, the number of new users jumped four times, compared to the second half of 2020. In addition, spot trading volume in Q1 grew 1.5 times over spot trading volume recorded throughout 2020 to reach a record level of $160 billion. In comparison, trading volume on Coinbase was $335 billion in Q1 2021.
There has been a rising interest in cryptocurrency adoption among corporate players. Several investment banks have set their price target for bitcoin. Guggenheim Investments predicts that it will reach $400,000 over a short period of time, while Citibank believes bitcoin should be worth $300,000.
In April 2021 the value of the cryptocurrency market topped $2 trillion for the first time. In just over two months, the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has doubled. Bakkt Holdings, the digital-asset financial firm, estimates that the market of digital currencies will increase to $5.1 trillion by 2025.
The crypto market has been seeing rapid growth over the past year, encouraging exchanges to go public. Coinbase, Kraken’s major rival in the US, became public via direct listing on the 14th of April 2021. Jesse Powell, the CEO of Kraken, said that Kraken is “doing all the prep work” to become a public company in middle-late 2022.
Sources of Kraken’s revenue are dependent on crypto assets and the broader crypto economy. Due to the highly volatile nature of the crypto economy and the prices of crypto assets, its operating results have, and will continue to, fluctuate significantly. The future development and growth of crypto is subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to predict and evaluate. If crypto does not grow as expected, Kraken’s business, operating results, and financial condition could be adversely affected.
It is possible that Kraken will close a new funding round at a lower valuation that was anticipated earlier due to overall market volatility and the performance of Coinbase shares.
Kraken is subject to an extensive and highly-evolving regulatory landscape and any adverse changes to, or its failure to comply with, any laws and regulations could adversely affect brand, reputation, business, operating results, and financial condition.
Kraken has raised a total of $137 million from 28 investors including Digital Currency Group (invested in Coinbase, Luno, Curv), Blockchain Capital (invested in Coinbase, Bitnet) and others.
The company can be compared with Coinbase, which debuted via direct listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange in April 2021. An initial market cap on the IPO comprised $85.8B and exceeded $100B after the listing. The IPO price per share was equal to $250 and on the first day of trading closed at $328.28. As of 17 of December 2021, it is priced at 9x P/S with a market capitalization of $52B and its trading volume has amounted to $1580B in 2021. In comparison, the trading volume on Kraken in 2021 was $574B.
Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell said that the company is in talks with investors regarding a new funding round. Noting that Kraken has a strong balance sheet, Powell added that the company is not in a rush to raise capital. А new round of financing could value the company at $20B. In the interview to Bloomberg TV at the beginning of March 2021, Powell said he would reject a $10B valuation, and suggested the company could raise double that – which appears to confirm Kraken is seeking a higher valuation. In June 2021, Jesse Powell said that the firm is “doing all the prep work” to become a public company in 12 to 18 months.
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After the Lock-up period is over, the investment in pre-IPO or OTC will be automatically closed, and generated profits are credited to your account less the applicable UT fees. We offer an opportunity for investors with over $100,000 invested in a specific idea to search for a counterpart in the OTC market individually and to take profits before the company goes public and thereby exiting the trade prior to the Lock-up period expiration.
Although it is prohibited to sell shares within the Lock-Up period, our traders find ways to take profits for our investors using various financial instruments: forwards, options, short selling trades, etc.
For an investor the above means that the pre-IPO or OTC investment may be exited after paying a part of its value, usually around 15% which is caused by highly-priced instruments used to close the position. To do so, you should press the respective button in your members area as soon as it becomes active.
The exiting process is similar to making a new investment. You submit a request, we execute it within 1 business day, and your investment is closed at the current exchange price.
ENTRY FEE
3.5% of the share purchase amount. The fee is charged at confirmation of your investment bid.
EXIT FEE
0.5% of the share sell amount after the trade. The fee is charged at the investment exit.
SUCCESS FEE
20% of the profit gain. The fee is charged only if the trade is profitable at the time of exiting.
EARLY EXIT FEE
Usually a 15% fee is charged subject to the actual situation at the exchange. The fee is calculated individually for each investment.
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United Traders is experienced in minimizing risks but a future investor should be aware of all risk types:
- Illiquidity. There is a possibility that early exit from this investment will take more than 1 month.
- Asymmetric information. Management and current investors have access to more internal information about the company than other market participants.
- Time uncertainty. There is no information regarding next financing round or exit strategy timeframe (IPO or M&A).
- Share dilution. The issue of additional shares by a company may reduce the value of shares of existing investors.
