Crypto-based lender Figure Technology files to go public in US

The blockchain lending company Figure Technology has filed to go public on the Nasdaq, days after announcing it had confidentially lodged its application with regulators.

Blockchain-based lending company Figure Technology Solutions has filed publicly for an initial public offering in the US, joining a slate of crypto companies that have entered the market.

The New York-based firm plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol “FIGR” with Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Jefferies Financial Group leading the IPO. Some of its existing shareholders will sell shares in the offering, Figure said in a filing on Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Figure said earlier this month that it had confidentially filed to go public, joining a flurry of crypto companies eyeing a public debut under the crypto-friendly Trump administration and a blockbuster IPO from stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group.

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