Morning Minute: MetaMask Parent Consensys Files for IPO

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At the moment’s high information:

Crypto majors fall 2-3% after Powell says fee minimize not sure in December
MetaMask mum or dad Consensys information for IPO
Mastercard to amass Zero Hash for as much as $2B
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat turns into high social app in Jamaica amidst hurricane
MegaETH raised over $1.25B in public ICO (25x oversubscribed)

💼 Consensys Recordsdata for IPO, Proper After MetaMask Drops Rewards

Ethereum’s greatest firm is heading to Wall Avenue.

However can it juggle fairness…and a token?

📌 What Occurred

Consensys, the corporate behind MetaMask, is making ready for an IPO with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs tapped to guide the deal, in keeping with Axios.

Consensys has quietly been positioning itself for public markets all 12 months, trimming prices, tightening operations, and increasing MetaMask past a easy Ethereum pockets right into a full monetary platform.

Consensys was final valued at $7B in 2022 and has since constructed probably the most extensively used self-custody pockets in crypto.

MetaMask alone reportedly has 30–35 million month-to-month lively customers at cycle peaks, which implies Consensys is about to place itself as crypto’s client tremendous app to buyers.

Notably, this announcement comes in the future after MetaMask introduced its new rewards program (a serious step towards its MASK token launch).

Yesterday MetaMask launched “MetaMask Rewards”, a cashback-style program that lets customers earn yield and incentives by routing swaps, bridging, and staking by means of accepted companions in-app.

🧠 Why It Issues

The timing was fairly fascinating with back-to-back bulletins.

However possible as a result of the 2 (IPO and ICO) go hand-in-hand.

Reward applications drive quantity and income, which makes these numbers look higher to Wall Avenue.

However now Consensys will quickly must reply the query hanging over each main crypto firm: How do you stability a public firm with a community-owned token?

Going public means:

Shareholders will demand earnings
Customers will demand a token
Regulators will demand readability

Can Consensys stroll the tightrope between fairness worth for Wall Avenue and token worth for customers?

It’s actually not a simple downside to unravel.

Consensys’ inventory shall be pushed by income and earnings. So what is going to drive the token?

If MetaMask does buybacks of its token utilizing income (like latest darlings Hyperliquid and Pump.enjoyable) – then is that taking income away from stockholders?

In the event that they don’t use income, then what’s the MASK token precisely? A governance token?

We all know how these have fared over the previous 3-4 years (not effectively).

They’re going through an uphill battle, to say the least. But when anybody can pull it off, it’s Joe Lubin and group.

And in the event that they do, they’ll set the blueprint for each different main firm in crypto seeking to IPO alongside a token drop…



Disclosure: Consensys is one in all 22 buyers in an editorially impartial Decrypt.

🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes

A couple of Crypto and Web3 headlines that caught my eye:

Crypto majors are pink after FOMC’s shaky steering and a profitable Trump Xi assembly; BTC -3% at $110,100, ETH -3% at $3,900, BNB +1% at $1,120, SOL -2% at $192
ZEC (+9%) and AERO (+7%) led high movers
The Federal Reserve Board minimize rates of interest by 25 bps and stated QT would finish on Dec 1, although Powell did name a December fee minimize removed from assured
Odds of 1 extra fee minimize in 2025 fell from 84% to 67% after Powell’s feedback
OpenAI shared plans to IPO at $1T as quickly as H2 2026
Michael Saylor nonetheless targets $150K BTC by year-end, citing declining volatility and bettering market construction
Mastercard plans to amass blockchain startup Zero Hash for as much as $2B per Fortune
Consensys (MetaMask) is prepping an IPO, hiring JPMorgan and Goldman as leads
Ethereum introduced a brand new web site that includes ecosystem information and sector overviews aimed toward establishments
Senators Warren and Sanders blasted the Trump administration’s strikes on crypto in 401(okay)s, warning of investor danger
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat ranked first in Jamaica’s App Retailer for social networking amidst Hurricane Melissa

In Company Treasuries / ETFs

In Memes

Memecoin leaders are largely pink; DOGE -3%, Shiba -2%, PEPE -2%, PENGU -3%, BONK -2%, TRUMP +3%, SPX -7%, and FARTCOIN -2%
TRUMP grew to become one of many high movers on the week in all of crypto, up 45% on the week
REKT jumped 25% to $250M, main meme movers on the day
KitKat was a high day by day mover on Solana, up 72x to $6M; jelly jelly jumped 46% to $132M

💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker

Right here’s a rundown of main token, protocol and airdrop information from the day:

🚚 What is occurring in NFTs?

Right here is the checklist of different notable headlines from the day in NFTs:

NFT leaders had been flat or inexperienced on the day; Punks even at 39 ETH, Pudgy even at 6.95, BAYC +6% at 6.9 ETH; Hypurr’s -7% at 1,100 HYPE
Mocaverse (+49%) and v1 Punks (+10%) had been notable movers
The NFT Methods had been largely pink once more, down 2-7%; PNKSTR at $60M