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Japanese multinational investment holding company SoftBank Group Corp is currently considering a United States initial public offering (IPO) for its PayPay payments subsidiary, according to a Reuters report.
SoftBank is likely considering a New York listing because tech companies mostly achieve impressive valuations in places other than Tokyo. However, Japanese companies conducting IPOs in New York are not very common.
SoftBank has not decided on whether or not to list or set a timeline for the IPO.
In May, SoftBank had expressed a desire for PayPay to list in the US. Recently appointed CEO Junichi Miyakawa said the idea for a PayPay IPO is independence, adding that the listing could happen soon. Nonetheless, the IPO will likely be delayed until PayPay can properly illustrate a clear path toward profitability. PayPay is owned by SoftBank Group and Z Holdings, the holding company that comprises Yahoo! Japan and the Line instant messaging app.
Both SoftBank Group and Z Holdings shares climbed 2% and 6%, respectively. Z Holdings had its largest one-day rise since February, likely on news of the possible listing. While SoftBank is pursuing a foreign listing for the payments company, Astris Advisory Japan analyst Kirk Boodry believes the tech IPO space in Japan is not yet saturated:
“Z Holdings shares reacted on hopes that a US listing might invite a premium valuation but recent domestic listings for Rakuten Bank and SBI Sumishin Net Bank indicate there is room for fintech listings locally.”
In addition to PayPay, SoftBank’s semiconductor company, Arm, is also considering a US IPO in 2023. Arm confirmed it would likely pursue a US-only listing this year, abandoning a rumored UK option. Arm CEO Rene Haas described the US option as “the best way forward for the company and its stakeholders” after discussions with the British Government and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority fell through.
Back in January, Haas had a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Prime Minister’s residence, with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son present virtually. According to inside sources, the meeting ended positively as Sunak was enthusiastic about the chance of an Arm listing.
SoftBank may be hoping to improve its books this year with IPO efforts geared at Arm and PayPay. The investment giant’s Vision Fund had an unimpressive 2022, recording a 660 billion Japanese Yen ($5 billion) loss, plus a 730.35 loss on investments for the quarter ended December 31st. Because of the result, Son said the fund would begin “defense” mode and be very cautious about further investments.
For the fiscal year ended March 31st, SoftBank said its Vision Fund lost a record 4.3 trillion yen, about $32 billion. The loss for the year was higher than 2.55 trillion yen sustained for the same period in the previous year. The company said a lot of the losses resulted from heavy decreases in several company investments.
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The price of Stellar (XLM) has continued to show its strength as price trends with a key breakout from a range-bound movement against tether (USDT). With the crypto market cap bouncing from its weekly low as the market continued to look promising, the price of Stellar (XLM) was not left out as the price broke out of its long-range, with price trending to a higher height with eyes set for a possible $0.14 target. (Data from Binance)
The crypto market received the relief, as most crypto altcoins expected. However, despite the recent price surge in most crypto assets, some altcoins have remained range-bound.
One project that has shown great signs of a recovery bounce but keeps stalling in price is XLM as the price continues to range as it aims a rally to a height of $0.14.
The price of XLM saw its price rejected to a weekly low of $0.1, with XLM showing so much strength holding off price sell-off as the price bounced to a region of $0.13.
Weekly resistance for the price of XLM – $0.14.
Weekly support for the price of XLM – $0.1.
On the daily timeframe, the price of XLM continues to show strength as it pulls some gains despite the market appearing to have stalled in price movement; after hitting a daily low of $0.1, the price of XLM rallied to a high of $0.13 before being rejected into an ascending triangle as it struggled to break out with price breaking out and looking more bullish for a rally.
The price of XLM breaking out signals more bullish trends to a high of $0.14 and a possible rally to $0.16. The price of XLM holding 8 and 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) is a good sign for price growth.
The prices at $0.12 and $0.11 correspond to the 8 and 20-day EMA values.
XLM’s price has a support level at 8, and 20 EMA, a break below this level would mean a retest of $1 or even lower.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) for XLM shows increasing buy orders as the value is above the 50 mark area daily.
Daily resistance for the XLM price – $0.14.
Daily support for the XLM price – $0.1.
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