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DeepSeek is preparing for an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market, with plans to submit its application by the end of this year and potentially complete the listing as early as the second quarter of 2027.DeepSeek has initiated discussions with investors and banks regarding its IPO plans. The funds raised from the offering are intended for model research and development, talent acquisition, and computing infrastructure construction. The relevant timeline may still be subject to adjustments, and the listing plan will require regulatory approval. (The Wall Street Journal)
Bitget has listed 16 US stock tokens, including rXBI (S&P Biotech ETF-SPDR), rDIA (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust), rKSTR (SSE STAR 50 Index ETF), rJBL (Jabil Inc.), and rKR (Kroger), covering sectors such as finance, healthcare, information technology, and industrials. It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter 'r' + stock ticker (e.g., NVIDIA as rNVDA), are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. They directly connect to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through cooperation with compliant broker Alpaca. Their features include: underlying assets 1:1 reserved and custodied by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, support for synchronous mapping of corporate actions (stock splits, etc.), and holdings can serve as combined margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.
According to Bloomberg, BlackRock has launched a space-themed ETF for European investors—the iShares Space Technologies UCITS ETF, ticker: STAR. The index tracked by this ETF features an IPO fast-track inclusion mechanism, allowing newly listed companies to be added to the index’s constituent stocks within 10 to 30 days after their IPO through an ad-hoc rebalancing review—without waiting for the next scheduled rebalancing.