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Re:IPOs are expensive and cumbersome – Try a direct listing,... by will_brown on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:08PM (#17727420)
Interesting article you posted. I’d never stopped to wonder the investment bank fees for underwriting an IPO and I expected millions but ~$50M was unexpected.

Not to be that guy on HN but it would seem this is the area should leverage blockchain to do a public offering (ICO for equity) and show how blockchain/tokens could be used to cut out the investment banks and save a company $50M on a public offering.

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Re:IPOs are expensive and cumbersome – Try a direct listing,... by unignorant on Thursday August 09, 2018 @05:12PM (#17728553)
Yeah, this is something many people are excited about. We are doing a public security offering along those lines at NEX.
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