Abra

Abra

Digital asset trading, lending, and advisory

Overview

Abra provides a digital asset platform for individuals, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutions. It lets users deposit, trade, earn, and borrow cryptocurrencies across 75 currencies via a mobile app, with Abra Private offering personalized wealth advisory for clients with at least $500,000. Institutional clients can access crypto exposure, financing, and a range of crypto funds to fit investment strategies. Abra earns revenue from transaction fees, loan interest, and advisory management fees, and aims to be a leading all-in-one platform that helps clients manage and grow their crypto assets.

About Abra

Simplify's Rating
Why Abra is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Fintech

Crypto & Web3

Financial Services

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • SPAC merger with New Providence values Abra at $750M for public listing as ABRX.
  • SEC approval for Abra Capital Management expands $100T wealth management access.
  • Institutional vault infrastructure keeps client assets segregated off-balance-sheet.

What critics are saying

  • SEC fines Abra Capital for inadequate DeFi risk controls, suspending yield services within 12 months.
  • Fidelity Digital Assets steals 30% of Abra Prime AUM with lower-fee custody in 6 months.
  • State regulators ban Abra Treasury for U.S. corporates via expanded 2023 CSBS actions in 3 months.

What makes Abra unique

  • Abra Prime serves institutions with OTC trading, lending, and staking via SEC-registered RIA.
  • Abra Private delivers bespoke SMA solutions for family offices and HNWIs with on-chain custody.
  • Abra Treasury enables corporates to hold crypto reserves using MPC wallet technology.

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Funding

Total Funding

$406.1M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

8 Rounds

Notable Investors:
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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-2%
International Adviser
Jul 3rd, 2024
New global platform for digital assets and wealth management launched

Abra, a global platform for digital asset prime services and wealth management, has announced the launch of a new expanded global platform service, which is designed for the corporate, institutional and family office marketplace.

CoinDesk
Jul 1st, 2024
Abra Launches Treasury Service for Corporates That Want to Hold Crypto

Abra, the digital asset prime services and wealth management platform, has launched Abra Treasury, a service for corporates that want to hold crypto on their balance sheet as a reserve asset, the company said in a press release on Monday.

PYMNTS
Jun 28th, 2024
This Week In Web3: Mt Gox Bitcoin And Crypto’S Future

The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin — and now, nearly 10 years later, the exchange announced that it is (finally) set to start repaying its creditors in bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH) as soon as July. The real story is what went down during the intervening decade. After all, a lot has happened — while, at the same time, much has remained the same in the Web3 space

PYMNTS
Jun 27th, 2024
Crypto Firm Abra Settles States’ Charges Of Operating Without Licenses

Cryptocurrency firm Abra and its CEO and largest equity owner Bill Barhydt have reached a settlement with 25 state regulators. The settlement follows the states’ finding that Abra and Barhydt operated a mobile app for buying, selling, trading and investing in crypto without receiving the required state licenses, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said in a Wednesday (June 26) press release. In the settlement, Abra agreed to stop accepting virtual asset allocations from U.S. Abra Trade Account customers into their products and services; agreed to stop making, buying, selling or trading cryptocurrencies available to U.S. Abra Trade customers as of June 15, 2023; and agreed to refund any remaining virtual assets on its platform for U.S. Abra Trade customers in the settling states, according to the release

FinanceFeeds
Apr 19th, 2024
Abra launches prime solutions for digital assets

Abra launches prime solutions for digital assets.

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