Reports say eToro plans to complete its IPO by the second quarter of next year. The firm is also considering a merger with a special purpose acquisition company—essentially a publicly traded company created to merge with a company that wants to go public without an IPO—to achieve a faster “entry into Wall Street trading.”
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It's all rainbows and alpacas for eToro CEO Yoni Assia at the Ethereal Summit in Tel Aviv, September 15, 2019 (photo by Molly Jane Zuckerman for Modern Consensus).How blockchain will ‘eat’ finance: An interview with eToro CEO Yoni Assia
Modern Consensus sat down with Yoni Assia, the CEO and founder of social trading network eToro, at this weekend’s Ethereal Summit in Tel Aviv
Yoni Assia is quite confident that traditional finance will eventually fully transition over to blockchain—in his oft-repeated words, “it's going to eat their existing financial systems.” Having begun trading at just 13 years old, the eToro CEO brought the social trading platform into the crypto space in 2010, with a further step towards adoption in the launch of the eToroX crypto exchange earlier this year.
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Reports of Justin Sun’s detention in China greatly exaggerated
Recuperating from kidney stones, the Tron founder was forced to resort to a live video Q&A in front of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge
Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun was forced to postpone his $4.6 million lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett because he had a kidney stone attack, and that’s a good thing.
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Sick or detained? Tron’s Justin Sun delays Warren Buffet lunch
Chinese media have reported that the cryptocurrency founder is being detained in China over illegal fundraising, money laundering
Tron cryptocurrency founder Justin Sun has postponed his high-profile lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffet due either to illness or legal troubles, according to conflicting reports.
