Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are two different methods for companies to raise capital, each with its own set of characteristics and implications for investors.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Renaissance IPO ETF (IPO) offers exposure to IPOs like Reddit, Klarna, and Cava Group, but lacks compelling long-term advantages against benchmarks. IPO's diversification reduces risk from bad IPOs ...

Coming into this year, there was a lot of optimism that this would be a strong year for initial public offerings (IPOs), and that optimism has been met — IPOs are back! And, as we’ll show, both the ...

When we introduced the Nasdaq IPO Pulse a year ago, we said it suggested that U.S. “IPO activity… should remain in an uptrend” as we headed into 2024. Then, when we introduced the Nasdaq Stockholm IPO ...