One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges could soon be the first big one to be publicly traded. Blockchain Exchange Alliance, a holding company that owns a controlling interest in the Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, is looking to list in the U.S. by acquiring a publicly traded company here. On Tuesday, Blockchain Industries announced it had signed a binding letter of intent with Singapore-based Blockchain Exchange. This so-called reverse merger is a non-conventional way of getting into the public markets and could be much faster than an initial public offering, or IPO. A source told CNBC that ... (full story)