Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a June 6 press release. Gemini filed a confidential draft registration statement on SEC Form S-1,

The crypto exchange has been taking major steps to go public in the U.S., including hiring Goldman Sachs and Citigroup as its financial advisors for the IPO. Gemini had also settled a $5 million lawsuit by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while the SEC ended its investigation into the exchange earlier this year.

Gemini, a crypto exchange run by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, on Friday disclosed it had confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, as digital asset firms seize on renewed market momentum.