The new enthusiasm reflects optimism that improving market and regulatory conditions after a Donald Trump victory in the U.S. presidential election could clear a way for companies like Kraken, Fireblocks and Chainalysis to go public. Bankers’ interest in meetings is also a shift from much of the past two years, when many investment banks saw crypto companies as too risky to do business with, advisers say.
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Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley eye crypto clients as IPO prospects brighten
Investment bankers from top Wall Street firms including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been meeting with crypto executives, according to industry participants, hoping to get a foot in the door for lucrative initial public offerings that crypto companies might pursue after the election.
