{"id":100125,"date":"2020-10-29T08:12:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T05:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/australias-first-crypto-friendly-ipo-will-accept-tether\/"},"modified":"2020-10-29T08:12:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T05:12:18","slug":"australias-first-crypto-friendly-ipo-will-accept-tether","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/australias-first-crypto-friendly-ipo-will-accept-tether\/","title":{"rendered":"# Australia&#8217;s first crypto-friendly IPO will accept Tether"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Australia&#8217;s first crypto-friendly IPO will accept Tether <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjAtMTAvNGI2OWYwMmItMWNkNS00YTczLWI5YTctYTZlYjc4MzBhOGQzLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5a136f3a=\"\">Australia\u2019s crypto-friendly capital raising platform Stax has announced its client West Coast Aquaculture Group (WCA) will be conducting the country\u2019s first initial public offering that accepts virtual currency as payment.<\/p>\n<p>Investors participating in WCA\u2019s offering can purchase equity in the company using Tether (USDT) or Australian dollars. USDT was chosen over Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) due to its price stability.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Cointelegraph, Stax CEO Kenny Lee emphasized that stablecoins offer the benefits of cryptocurrency without the volatility of other digital assets:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe acceptance of USDT in an IPO is a transformative move in Australia and a significant step forward for cryptocurrency adoption in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>. It paves the way for the future of capital markets down under.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lee noted Stax is considering support for additional stablecoins in future.<\/p>\n<p>WCA operates a large marine farm in Langkawi, Malaysia, where it primarily produces fresh Grouper fish for wholesale and retail customers in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. The capital raised will be used fund expansions including the purchase of new hatchery and nursery facilities.<\/p>\n<p>WCA is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2020\/10\/28\/2116125\/0\/en\/STAX-sets-up-Australia-s-first-IPO-to-accept-cryptocurrency.html\">offering<\/a> between 10 million and 14 million shares at $0.50 each, representing between 8.78% and 11.87% of the total available. The minimum target is $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>After the raise, WCA\u2019s plans for its shares to float on the Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX), with the shares expected to commence trading near Nov. 19 <\/p>\n<p>SSX chief executive Michael Go <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lauded Stax for facilitating a capital raise supporting USDT, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is a first, and historic development in the Australian market which will dictate the future of capital raising, particularly for growth companies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/australia-s-first-crypto-friendly-ipo-will-accept-tether\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# Australia&#8217;s first crypto-friendly IPO will accept Tether &#8221; Australia\u2019s crypto-friendly capital raising platform Stax has announced its client West Coast Aquaculture Group (WCA) will be conducting the country\u2019s first initial public offering that accepts virtual currency as payment. Investors participating in WCA\u2019s offering can purchase equity in the company using Tether (USDT) or Australian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2020-10\/4b69f02b-1cd5-4a73-b9a7-a6eb7830a8d3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75493,20358,117,5007,48925,36041],"class_list":["post-100125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-stablecoin","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-ipo","tag-malaysia","tag-tether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}