{"id":7230,"date":"2026-03-05T12:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:57:50","slug":"crypto-platform-aims-to-let-retail-investors-buy-ipo-shares-at-the-same-price-as-wall-street-insiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7230","title":{"rendered":"Crypto platform aims to let retail investors buy IPO shares at the same price as Wall Street insiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-16\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1326\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bank-presale.webp\" alt=\"$BANK Presale\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1326\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bank-presale.webp\" alt=\"$BANK Presale\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Most people only see IPOs after the price resets at the open. Institutional investors and select clients receive allocations at the offering price, while everyone else waits for the exchange to start trading and buys at the market price.<\/p>\n<p>The gap between those two prices, the \u201cIPO pop,\u201d can be substantial.<\/p>\n<p>Circle&#8217;s IPO last year was priced at $31 and opened at $69, then closed at $83.23, illustrating why allocations matter. That spread represents value captured by whoever had early access, not by the retail investors who showed up when the ticker went live.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_522281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522281\" style=\"width: 1403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-522281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_N5j0632Gr4.jpg\" alt=\"The IPO pop\" width=\"1403\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_N5j0632Gr4.jpg 1403w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_N5j0632Gr4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_N5j0632Gr4-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_N5j0632Gr4-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1403px) 100vw, 1403px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-522281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use the image_prompt16:38Circle&#8217;s IPO priced at $31, opened at $69, and closed at $83.23, showing a first-day gain of $52.23 or 168%.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Backpack is trying to change that dynamic. The firm announced this week it&#8217;s building a product called \u201cIPOs Onchain\u201d that aims to deliver official IPO share allocations to eligible users before public market trading begins.<\/p>\n<p>These shares are delivered as tokenized equities on Solana with what Backpack describes as \u201creal, direct ownership,\u201d not synthetic exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The company is working with Superstate, a crypto tech platform founded by Compound creator Robert Leshner, which operates an SEC-registered transfer agent and issues what it calls \u201cactual legal shares\u201d directly as native tokens on Solana and Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p>Backpack and Superstate are trying to turn IPO allocations into tokenized legal shares that can be delivered to wallets, effectively making the roadshow a distribution channel rather than just a marketing tour.<\/p>\n<p>The catch is that early access may be limited to eligible users and issuer-by-issuer approvals, so this isn&#8217;t mass retail IPO access yet.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the model expands, it challenges one of Wall Street&#8217;s most durable perks: getting in at the IPO price before the market reprices it at the open.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/circle-japan-sbi-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Circle's CRCL stock skyrockets 22% in pre-market trading amid fervent institutional interest\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/circle-japan-sbi-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Circle's CRCL stock skyrockets 22% in pre-market trading amid fervent institutional interest\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Circle&#8217;s CRCL stock skyrockets 22% in pre-market trading amid fervent institutional interest<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">Institutional giants like SBI and ARK bet big on Circle&#8217;s IPO, reflecting confidence in stablecoin adoption.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Jun 9, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Oluwapelumi Adejumo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>What&#8217;s real today<\/h2>\n<p>Backpack&#8217;s announcement centers on a waitlisted product that would allow users to purchase IPO shares on the exchange&#8217;s platform.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, these are official IPO allocations and not related to a Backpack IPO, with access \u201cbefore open market trading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shares would be tokenized on Solana, with Superstate&#8217;s Opening Bell platform handling the legal infrastructure by issuing SEC-registered shares as native tokens and recording ownership on an official shareholder registry.<\/p>\n<p>Superstate operates Superstate Services LLC, a registered transfer agent with the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>An SEC-filed exhibit describes tokenizing SEC-registered common stock and appointing Superstate as a \u201cDigital Transfer Agent.\u201d The technical claim that these are actual legal shares issued directly on blockchain rails, not wrappers or synthetic derivatives, rests on that transfer agent infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Backpack founder and CEO Armani Ferrante framed the product as an extension of the traditional IPO roadshow process.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNormally when companies go public, the founders and executives go on a roadshow, sharing their story and garnering interest from Wall Street institutional buyers purchasing shares before they go public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He noted that retail investors typically have to wait for the stock exchanges to go live before they can access these shares through their brokerage.<\/p>\n<p>The pitch is that Backpack becomes a stop on that roadshow, with allocations flowing to users instead of exclusively to institutional accounts.<\/p>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s an explicit catch. Ferrante noted that Backpack&#8217;s viability as a venue for capital formation depends on the activity and value of its user base.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, issuers and underwriters will only allocate shares through this channel if they believe the audience is attractive enough to matter.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s distribution leverage, not guaranteed access. And Backpack&#8217;s earlier Superstate equities integration described access as available to \u201celigible non-U.S. users\u201d and referenced qualified investor frameworks and jurisdiction-specific KYC requirements.<\/p>\n<p>That suggests the early cohort is not mass US retail.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Topic<\/th>\n<th>NOW (real today)<\/th>\n<th>NEXT (plausible, conditional)<\/th>\n<th>REQUIRES (mass retail hurdles)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>What users get<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>A <strong>waitlisted<\/strong> product (\u201cIPOs Onchain\u201d) that <strong>aims<\/strong> to let users purchase <strong>official IPO allocations before open market trading<\/strong> (not a Backpack IPO).<\/td>\n<td><strong>Some users could request allocations<\/strong> pre-open <strong>if<\/strong> issuers\/underwriters allocate shares through Backpack as a distribution venue.<\/td>\n<td>A repeatable process where <strong>allocations are routinely made available<\/strong> to broad retail cohorts, not just one-off pilots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Who can participate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Eligibility-gated<\/strong>; earlier Superstate equities access described as <strong>eligible non-U.S. users<\/strong> with <strong>qualified investor \/ jurisdiction-specific KYC<\/strong> framing.<\/td>\n<td>Cohorts <strong>may broaden<\/strong> jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction as compliance rails mature and deals choose to include a \u201ccommunity\/onchain tranche.\u201d<\/td>\n<td>Clear, scalable rules for <strong>U.S. and global retail eligibility<\/strong>, plus compliant onboarding at scale (KYC\/AML, suitability where applicable).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>What is being delivered<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Claim: <strong>tokenized equities representing actual legal shares<\/strong>, supported by Superstate\u2019s <strong>transfer agent<\/strong> setup and \u201cofficial registry\u201d concept.<\/td>\n<td>Wallet-native delivery <strong>could<\/strong> become a standard allocation format for participating IPOs; token form <strong>may<\/strong> enable smoother transfers\/settlement (within rules).<\/td>\n<td>Durable legal clarity that \u201ctoken = share\u201d across venues\/jurisdictions, with standardized corporate action handling and enforceability under stress.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Who controls distribution<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Issuers\/underwriters<\/strong> still control IPO allocation decisions; Backpack is pitching itself as a new venue, not replacing the bookrunner.<\/td>\n<td>Underwriters <strong>could<\/strong> treat Backpack as an additional distribution endpoint (like a new \u201croadshow stop\u201d) and allocate a defined slice.<\/td>\n<td>Underwriter adoption + issuer willingness becomes <strong>systematic<\/strong>, with incentives (demand, marketing reach, shareholder base) outweighing perceived risk.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Trading \/ selling<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Unclear<\/strong> from current pitch: whether users can sell immediately at open, where tokens can trade, and under which licenses\/venues.<\/td>\n<td>Deal-by-deal: some offerings <strong>may<\/strong> allow trading\/transfer under specific restrictions; liquidity may be limited initially.<\/td>\n<td>A compliant secondary market path (licensed venue\/structure), clear <strong>transfer restrictions\/lockups<\/strong>, market safeguards, and reliable liquidity during volatility.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Investor rights<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rights delivery (dividends, votes, corporate actions) is <strong>promised implicitly<\/strong> by \u201creal shares,\u201d but mechanics are not fully spelled out publicly.<\/td>\n<td>Early deals <strong>may<\/strong> implement rights through issuer\/TA processes and regulated intermediaries; details likely vary per issuer and jurisdiction.<\/td>\n<td>Standardized, auditable handling of <strong>dividends, voting, splits, tenders<\/strong>, and dispute resolution\u2014matching brokerage-grade clarity and protections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What&#8217;s plausible next<\/h2>\n<p>If issuers and underwriters choose to treat Backpack as part of IPO distribution, some users could request allocations before the public open, receiving shares in wallet-native form rather than waiting for the exchange listing.<\/p>\n<p>The roadshow could evolve from a pure marketing effort into a measurable distribution endpoint, a \u201ccommunity tranche\u201d in which the issuer allocates a portion of the deal to a crypto-native venue alongside traditional institutional buyers.<\/p>\n<p>This would be issuer-by-issuer and jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction. Not every IPO would participate, and eligibility gates would vary depending on where users are located and what regulatory frameworks apply.<\/p>\n<p>The model resembles how tokenized Treasury funds or money market products have rolled out: available to some users in some places, with expansion dependent on regulatory clarity and operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Backpack raised $17 million in Series A funding in 2024 and is reportedly in talks to raise $50 million at a $1 billion pre-money valuation. The company is also planning to launch an exchange token, with Ferrante emphasizing a distribution model that avoids \u201cdumping on retail\u201d by offering pre-IPO access and allocations for a post-IPO company treasury.<\/p>\n<p>Backpack&#8217;s announcement comes as Binance, Coinbase, and other platforms expand into tokenized equities, positioning themselves against web-savvy brokers like Robinhood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-69a9778b1de07\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\">CryptoSlate Daily Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">Daily signals, zero noise.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__copy\">Market-moving headlines and context delivered every morning in one tight read.<\/p>\n<p> <span><i class=\"fa-regular fa-bolt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> 5-minute digest<\/span> <span><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> 100k+ readers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-shell\">\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__privacy\">Free. 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Welcome aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The competitive dynamic isn&#8217;t just crypto exchanges versus traditional brokers, but about which platforms can credibly deliver regulated traditional assets with crypto-native settlement and custody.<\/p>\n<h2>What must change for true mass retail<\/h2>\n<p>To get from \u201cinteresting pilot\u201d to \u201cregular investor can realistically participate,\u201d multiple things must align.<\/p>\n<p>The SEC staff released a 2026 statement clarifying that tokenized securities models must still comply with federal securities laws and that market participants should prepare registrations and approvals where needed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hester-peirce-sec-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"SEC Crypto Task Force head warns assets remain securities regardless of tokenization\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hester-peirce-sec-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"SEC Crypto Task Force head warns assets remain securities regardless of tokenization\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">SEC Crypto Task Force head warns assets remain securities regardless of tokenization<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">SEC&#8217;s Hester Peirce said the potential of tokenization is enchanting, but it can&#8217;t magically transform the nature of the underlying asset.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Jul 9, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Gino Matos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Tokenization changes the plumbing, not the obligations.<\/p>\n<p>That means broader retail access would require the appropriate registrations or exemptions, compliant distribution frameworks, and sustained participation from issuers and underwriters.<\/p>\n<p>IPO allocations are not free-market. Underwriters manage distribution. For this model to broaden beyond niche cohorts, they have to believe an on-chain tranche improves outcomes, such as demand, marketing reach, price discovery, or shareholder base composition.<\/p>\n<p>If issuers see tokenized allocations as a way to build community engagement or tap crypto-native capital pools, the model could expand. If they view it as regulatory risk or operational complexity without clear benefits, it remains confined to pilot deals.<\/p>\n<p>Broader retail would also require durable answers on KYC and eligibility, custody, transfer restrictions, and where and how these shares can trade.<\/p>\n<p>Can users sell at the open, or are there lockups? What happens to voting rights, dividends, and corporate actions when shares are held as tokens? Where do these tokens trade, and under which licenses?<\/p>\n<p>These questions have clear answers in traditional brokerage accounts. Tokenized IPO allocations need equally clear answers to scale.<\/p>\n<p>The economic prize is real.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Ritter&#8217;s IPO statistics show that in 2025, the aggregate \u201cmoney left on the table\u201d, consisting of the difference between IPO price and first-day close, and representing underpricing captured by early allocators, totaled $13.11 billion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_522282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522282\" style=\"width: 1533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-522282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2.jpg\" alt=\"IPO underpricing value transfer\" width=\"1533\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1533px) 100vw, 1533px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-522282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2.jpg\" alt=\"IPO underpricing value transfer\" width=\"1533\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Photos_P4VNGvEYH2-768x471.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1533px) 100vw, 1533px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-522282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2025, IPO underpricing transferred $13.11 billion in value to early allocators, illustrating the economic scale of first-day gains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the mean first-day returns are 29.3% on an equal-weighted basis. If an on-chain distribution channel ever captured even 1% to 5% of that allocation window, it would represent a non-trivial share of an incentive pool that&#8217;s historically been institutional.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, IPOs can also open flat or down. Circle&#8217;s IPO opened well above its offering price, but not every IPO follows that pattern. The benefit is the option to participate at the pricing moment, not a guarantee of profit.<\/p>\n<p>Several indicators will clarify whether this constitutes real retail access: eligibility frameworks (whether they expand beyond non-US or qualified investors), which IPO participates first, and what percentage of the deal flows through this channel, whether the legal structure holds up as actual registered shares, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The test is whether issuers, underwriters, and regulators treat on-chain distribution as a legitimate channel at scale, and whether the compliance, custody, and market structure rails prove durable enough to handle real volume and real disputes.<\/p>\n<p>If those pieces align, the IPO pop stops being an exclusively institutional perk. If they don&#8217;t, this remains a niche product for eligible cohorts rather than a structural shift in capital formation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-16\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1326\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bank-presale.webp\" alt=\"$BANK Presale\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1326\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bank-presale.webp\" alt=\"$BANK Presale\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom\">\n<div class=\"post-mentions-and-posted-in\">\n<div class=\"post-info-block post-mentions\">\n<header><span class=\"post-info__label\">Mentioned in this article<\/span><\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Enterprise,Exchanges,Featured,Tokenization,TradFi#Crypto #platform #aims #retail #investors #buy #IPO #shares #price #Wall #Street #insiders1772715470<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people only see IPOs after the price resets at the open. Institutional investors and select clients receive allocations at the offering price, while everyone else waits for the exchange to start trading and buys at the market price. The gap between those two prices, the \u201cIPO pop,\u201d can be substantial. 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