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Blockchain Lender Figure Joins Crypto IPO Rush With Nasdaq Listing Bid Under 'FIGR'
The move follows a confidential SEC submission earlier this month and comes amid a surge of digital asset firms tapping the equity markets.
Aug 19, 2025, 4:45 a.m.
What to know:
- Figure, a blockchain lender founded by SoFi co-founder Mike Cagney, has filed for an IPO amid a surge in crypto offerings.
- The company plans to list its shares on Nasdaq under the ticker FIGR, with major banks like Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters.
- Financials reveal a 22.4% revenue increase in the first half of 2025, with net income of $29 million, marking a turnaround from a loss the previous year.
Figure, the blockchain-powered lender founded by SoFi co-founder Mike Cagney, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering as the latest entrant in a growing crypto IPO wave.
The company plans to list its Class A shares on the Nasdaq under the ticker FIGR, with Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and BofA Securities serving as lead underwriters.
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Figure's path to public markets has been years in the making. In 2021, it launched a special purpose acquisition company, Figure Acquisition Corp. I, with a $250 million raise aimed at acquiring growth-stage businesses using Provenance as an efficiency layer, however in the end this SPAC did not bring Figure to market.
A friendlier regulatory stance under the Trump administration and buoyant crypto and stock markets have set the stage for a surge of digital asset firms tapping the equity markets, including crypto exchange Bullish which is the owner of CoinDesk.
The company last month merged with Figure Markets, a blockchain marketplace also launched by Cagney that issues YDLS, a yield-bearing stablecoin structured as a tokenized money market fund.
Financials disclosed in the S-1 show revenue up 22.4% in the first half of 2025 to $190.6 million, with net income of $29 million compared with a $13 million loss a year earlier.
According to the filing with the SEC, proceeds from the IPO will fund working capital and potential acquisitions, with no dividends planned.
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