About
Bullish is an institutional-focused digital asset exchange (parent of CoinDesk) backed by Peter Thiel and Block.one. In August 2025 it became the first US IPO settled entirely in stablecoins, raising ~$1.15B predominantly in USDC plus EURC, PYUSD, RLUSD, USDG and others. It is a founding USDG / Global Dollar Network partner.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2021
- HQ
- Cayman Islands
- Stage
- Public
- Funding
- IPO 2025 (NYSE: BLSH)
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