双子座为IPO做准备

由Cameron和Tyler Winklevoss创立的Cryptocurrency Exchange和Custodian Gemini已秘密地申请了美国首次公开募股（IPO）。

Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini, founded by billionaires Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, the sources said on Thursday.

消息人士周四表示，由Cameron和Tyler Winklevoss创立的Cryptocurrency Exchange和Custodian Gemini已秘密地申请了美国首次公开募股（IPO）。

Gemini has hired major investment banks Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to underwrite the IPO, which could value the exchange at around $10 billion, one of the sources said. The company is aiming to raise up to $1 billion from the offering, the source added.

一位消息人士称，双子座已聘请主要投资银行高盛（Goldman Sachs）和花旗集团（Citigroup）承销IPO，这可能将交易所估计约为100亿美元。消息人士补充说，该公司的目标是从发行中筹集高达10亿美元。

The final decision on going public will rest with Gemini, and the IPO could take place as early as this year if market conditions permit. The move signals the company's serious intentions to strengthen its presence in traditional financial markets.

关于公开公开的最终决定将取决于双子座，如果市场条件允许，IPO可能会在今年最早进行。此举标志着公司的严重意图，以加强其在传统金融市场中的业务。

"We are grateful for the opportunity to serve the digital asset community and can confirm that we have confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for the proposed offering of common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission," a Gemini spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

Gemini发言人在电子邮件声明中说：“我们很高兴有机会为数字资产社区服务，并可以确认我们已经秘密地提交了一份注册声明，以向美国证券交易委员会提议的普通股提交。”

The IPO plans follow a string of legal successes for Gemini. On Monday, the SEC closed its investigation into the exchange without taking any action. The company also settled a dispute with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in January, agreeing to pay a $5 million penalty to settle an investigation into alleged breaches of futures trading rules.

IPO计划遵循双子座的一系列法律成功。周一，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）在没有采取任何行动的情况下关闭了对交易所的调查。该公司还于1月份解决了与商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）的纠纷，同意支付500万美元的罚款，以解决涉嫌违反期货贸易规则的调查。

Gemini is among several cryptocurrency companies that are planning to go public in the coming months. Coinbase Global Trust (COIN.O) went public last year via a direct listing.

双子座是计划在未来几个月内公开公开的几家加密货币公司之一。 Coinbase Global Trust（Coin.O）去年通过直接上市公开。

The co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and Ripple Jed McCaleb plans to send his company Vast Space's Haven-1 commercial space station into orbit and win a U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract in 2026, the company said on Thursday.

该公司周四表示，加密货币交易所的联合创始人Gox和Ripple Jed McCaleb计划于2026年将其公司广阔的Space的Haven-1商业空间站送入Orbit，并赢得了美国国家航空航天局（NASA）合同。

McCaleb is the sole sponsor of the project and is funding the creation of the station and its launch into Earth orbit. If the startup succeeds, Vast will have a better chance of winning a contract with NASA to replace the International Space Station (ISS). Such contracts are expected to be awarded in mid-2026.

麦卡莱布（McCaleb）是该项目的唯一赞助商，正在为车站的创建及其发射到地球轨道提供资金。如果这家初创公司成功，那么VAST将有更大的机会赢得与NASA取代国际空间站（ISS）的合同。这些合同预计将在2026年中获得。

If Vast fails or the NASA contract goes away in favor of a competitor such as Axiom Space or Blue Origin, a company founded by Jeff Bezos, McCaleb could lose $1 billion and the future of his company would be in doubt, the report said.

报告称，如果大型失败或NASA合同消失了，而转而支持诸如Axiom Space或Blue Origin之类的竞争对手，那么杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）创立的一家公司可能会损失10亿美元，而他的公司的未来将受到质疑。

Vast's Founder and CEO Jed McCaleb. Image Source: Vast

VAST的创始人兼首席执行官Jed McCaleb。图像来源：广大

"It's very important that people make that leap from where we are today to this potential world that has a lot of people living off Earth. There aren't many people who are willing to devote as many resources, time and be willing to take the risk as I am," said McCaleb.

麦卡莱布说：“人们必须从今天的位置到这个潜在的世界，这些世界有很多人生活在地球上。没有多少人愿意投入尽可能多的资源，时间和愿意冒险。”

Vast is working closely with Elon Musk's SpaceX, which is urging the U.S. to accelerate the decommissioning of the ISS (expected to be completed by the end of 2030). Vast, founded in 2021, will partially assemble its craft from components developed by SpaceX, specifically a docking adapter to connect SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the Vast station and a space-based internet system that will provide Wi-Fi to the station via Starlink.

VAST与Elon Musk的SpaceX紧密合作，该SpaceX敦促美国加速ISS的退役（预计将在2030年底完成）。庞大的成立于2021年，将从SpaceX开发的组件中部分组装其工艺，特别是将SpaceX的Dragon Capsule连接到庞大的车站的停靠适配器，以及将通过Starlink向车站提供Wi-Fi的巨大互联网系统。

Specifications of Vast's Haven-1 model. Image Source: Vast

Vast的Haven-1模型的规格。图像来源：广大

McCaleb's company has also already booked SpaceX flights to send equipment into orbit and crew to the space station, and SpaceX has agreed to deliver astronauts for Vast, provided NASA gives permission.

麦卡莱布（McCaleb）的公司还已经预订了SpaceX航班，以将设备和机组人员送入空间站，而SpaceX已同意为巨大的宇航员提供宇航员，前提是NASA获得许可。