It could already transfer money faster than a speeding bullet — but now, PayPal is doing everything it can to truly become super.
On Mar. 30, Paypal announced that users can now pay with Bitcoin — a move that pushes it closer into crypto and becoming an all-in-one financial super app.
How fast can a gorilla that weighs $1.8t grow? Let’s find out…
On Apr. 1, Microsoft was awarded a $21.9b contract to supply the US army with AR headsets over 10 years. Despite being a massive contract, Microsoft’s stock only moved up 4%.
For a company that did over $150b sales in 2020, a contract potentially worth $2.2b/year barely moves the needle.
Special Purpose Vehicle Acquisition Companies (SPACs) — aka blank check companies — was the hype investment of 2020.
In 2020, SPACs became a popular way for companies to go public. These publicly traded investments gave retail investors the chance to invest in a company — before they went public.
In what may be the worst April Fools joke of 2021 – Volkswagen rebranded (jokingly) its name to “Voltswagen”. An indication of how serious they are in going electric – and taking down Tesla.
For any other company, the PR scheme would have been genius. Unfortunately for Volkswagen, this only reminded people about its 2015 emissions scandal – which cost the carmaker over $30b in compensation and repair costs.
Southeast (SE) Asia’s cookin’ up some growth and they’re about to serve the US with a dish of tech IPOs — all the way from the East.
Don’t believe them. The robots are coming and UiPath, the office automation software provider, is leading this change. On Mar. 26, UIPath filed for what could be another blockbuster IPO but here’s why you might want to wait on this one…