IPO Genie Unleashed: Catch the Next Crypto Gold Rush Before It’s Gone

The crypto markets are buzzing with IPO fever again—and this time, the genie's out of the bottle.

What's Driving the Hype?

Fresh capital floods the ecosystem as investors chase the next unicorn. Market momentum builds like a pressure cooker—ready to blow past previous resistance levels.

Timing the Surge

Early movers position themselves while Wall Street analysts still debate whether crypto is 'a real asset class'—their traditional playbooks gathering dust as digital natives rewrite the rules.

Another day, another chance for crypto to prove it doesn't need Wall Street's permission to print money.

During DC Fintech Week, customers were able to pay with cryptocurrency using the Lightning Network, and all transactions were instantaneous.

Michael Haft, CEO and co-founder of Compass Coffee, said on social media platform X:

“We tested Lightning payments from 10 different wallets—fast, reliable, and honestly pretty fun. All went through instantly.”

The pilot was the first real-world use of the new bitcoin payment system developed by parent company Block (led by Jack Dorsey). Square plans to begin a global rollout of the technology on November 10, when merchants will be able to accept bitcoin payments and convert up to 50% of daily sales into the cryptocurrency, with no processing fees for the first year.

Miles Suter, Head of Bitcoin Products at Block, said:

“We’re making Bitcoin payments as seamless as card payments while giving small businesses access to financial management tools that, until now, have been exclusive to the largest corporations.”

Experts call this event a breakthrough in the development of cryptocurrency payments. According to Pranav Agarwal, Independent Director of Jetking Infotrain India:

“Lightning network has changed that and now payment acceptance systems at PoS at scale will bring in a new era of BTC adoption.”

He explained that traditional card payments involve an issuing bank, a receiving bank, and a payment network, while “BTC payments can be self-custodial with just a single enabler like Square,” which can “unlock new value through loyalty programs, cashbacks, or lower prices as sellers don’t need to absorb high interchange fees.”

Despite the technological breakthrough, regulatory barriers remain. Dorsey recently called for the exemption of small bitcoin payments from federal taxes, continuing an initiative that has not previously made it through Congress but which Senator Cynthia Lummis said is “a work in progress.”

However, YZ Ng, product manager at UR, stressed that speed is only part of the equation:

“Compass Coffee’s Lightning demo shows how far DeFi technology has come,” but true parity “requires more than speed.”

He added that for crypto payments to be fully accepted, UX, merchant integration, and a clear regulatory framework need to work in concert:

“Payment UX, merchant integration, and clear compliance frameworks need to align. Adoption will follow utility once crypto payments feel like any other contactless experience, sans added friction or uncertainty.”

We WOULD like to remind you that recently, the Spanish coffee chain Vanadi Coffee approved the decision to create a $1.2 billion bitcoin reserve.

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