[Bitcoin Mining Company Ionic Digital Submits Nasdaq Direct Listing Application to US SEC] According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin mining company Ionic Digital has submitted a direct listing application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for Nasdaq, with the stock ticker IOND. This listing will not raise new funds but will establish a public trading market for existing shareholders, including former Celsius creditors who obtained Ionic shares through a bankruptcy plan. Ionic was founded in 2024 and acquired its mining assets through the restructuring of the now-bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius. Starting in 2025, Ionic will transition from pure Bitcoin mining to becoming a digital infrastructure company serving AI and high-performance computing workloads.