Gemini Defies $282M Losses, Charges Toward Nasdaq IPO in 2025

Crypto exchange Gemini—bleeding $282 million this year—just filed to go public. Nasdaq here they come.

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The Irony Play

Timing's everything: Gemini's IPO push comes as regulators circle crypto like vultures. Either genius pivot or spectacular hubris—pick your narrative.

Closing Thought

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Wall Street Giants Line Up to Lead Deal

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Cantor Fitzgerald will lead the deal, with Academy Securities and AmeriVet Securities as co-managers.

The filing arrives amid heightened investor interest in crypto listings. Circle’s June debut saw shares surge nearly 10x from the $31 offering price before settling at $149.

Earlier this week, institutional exchange Bullish more than tripled from its $37 IPO price on its first trading day, closing NEAR $70 on Friday.

Several other crypto firms, including OKX, Grayscale, and Kraken, have either hinted at or initiated plans to go public. Meanwhile, listed industry leaders like Coinbase and MicroStrategy have recently hit multi-year highs.

Gemini’s financials, however, highlight mounting losses. The company reported a $158.5 million net loss on $142.2 million in revenue for 2024.

Losses deepened in the first half of 2025, reaching $282.5 million on $67.9 million in revenue. Cash reserves fell from $341.5 million at the end of 2024 to $161.9 million by mid-2025.

Gemini must be desperate for an IPO as these are some terrible results given crypto market growth the past year. Must just be losing market share pic.twitter.com/jKvwAC4Sn8

Last month, Tyler Winklevoss claimed that JPMorgan Chase paused the crypto exchange’s onboarding process after he publicly criticized the bank’s new policy on financial data access.

Winklevoss said JPMorgan responded to his recent comments by halting Gemini’s re-onboarding, a process the bank initiated after previously ending the relationship during what Winklevoss referred to as “Operation ChokePoint 2.0.”

The fallout followed a Bloomberg report that revealed JPMorgan’s plans to begin charging fintech companies for access to customer banking data.

Gemini’s IPO Drive Rides Wave of Pro-Crypto Shift Under Trump

The IPO push comes as the regulatory climate shifts in favor of digital assets. Since President Trump’s return to office in January, the SEC has dropped most cases against crypto firms.

The TRUMP administration has also advanced its pro-crypto agenda with a series of policy and regulatory moves.

President Trump signed an executive order urging regulators to remove barriers that prevent 401(k) plans from including alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies.

If implemented, the reforms could allow millions of Americans to allocate retirement funds to Bitcoin and other digital assets through regulated channels.

Trump also nominated economist Stephen Miran, a digital asset advocate, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, signaling continuity in his administration’s pro-crypto stance.

The announcement coincided with bitcoin climbing back above $117,000, highlighting the link between policy developments and market sentiment.

In a separate executive order, Trump moved to end “debanking” practices that target lawful crypto firms.