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Canaan Inc., a maker of Bitcoin mining machines, raised $90 million after pricing its US initial public offering at the bottom of its marketed range.
The Hangzhou, China-based company sold 10 million American depository shares for $9 apiece on Wednesday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The shares had been marketed for $9 to $11, according to filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The firm, which initially filed to raise as much as $400 million in October, lost its lead underwriter, Credit Suisse Group AG, before the deal was launched, according to its filings.
Twenty-eight companies based in China or Hong Kong raised $3.25 billion in US IPOs this year through Tuesday, about half that from the same period in 2018, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This years listing have fallen 6.6% on a weighted-average basis. That compares with a 6.5% overall increase for US listings this year and a 14% increase in the S&P/BNY Mellon China ADR Index.
Canaan filed to list in Hong Kong before the city’s exchange indicated that it was premature for crypto-related businesses to go public in the Asian financial hub. While Bitcoin has more than doubled this year to more than $8,000 on Wednesday, its value is less than half of its all-time high in December 2017.
The offering was led by Citigroup Inc, China Renaissance Holdings Ltd. and CMB International Capital Ltd. The shares are expected to begin trading Thursday on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol CAN.
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