Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman among Coinbase investors
The news of Coinbase, a cyrptocurrency marketplace, going public is good news for a lot of people, but especially Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kevin Durant and his business partner, Rich Kleiman.
According to Joe Pompilano, Durant and Kleiman invested in Coinbase when it was valued at $1.6 billion. Now, that valuation has skyrocketed up to near $100 billion.
Coinbase $COIN is going public today at a ~$100 billion valuation.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) April 14, 2021
The interesting part?
Kevin Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman invested in Coinbase at a $1.6 billion valuation.
That's a 61.5x increase in valuation.
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