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Fintech giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International are weighing their next move after PayPal rejected their $53-billion buyout offer, even as Stripe pursues a potential $10-billion acquisition of AI marketplace OpenRouter.
Five years ago PayPal was a Wall Street favorite and a leader in digital payments. Since then the stock has plunged, Apple Pay dominates payment services in the U.S. and PayPal is facing a takeover bid it does not like. The company synonymous with digital payments this past week got a $53 billion offer to be taken private by upstart rival Stripe and buyout shop Advent International.
The merger would create one of the world's largest global online payments company, processing $3.7 trillion a year.
The U.S. innovation engine, from the Model T to SpaceX and AI, continues to be a rocket for America's economy. But China is a growing rival.
Michael Burry has questioned SpaceX’s valuation, but the famed investor believes the cost to short SPCX is too high. Instead, he is buying these three stocks.
The former Sequoia Capital managing partner will also serve on SpaceX's audit committee, a filing shows
Elon Musk once gave SpaceX less than a 10% chance of surviving.
September 2008 - Falcon 1 launched successfully and becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to reach Earth's orbit. December 2008 - SpaceX secures its first major contract with NASA to ferry cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. May 2012 - A Dragon capsule is taken to space by a Falcon 9 rocket, making it the first private spacecraft to dock at the ISS.
On June 9, 2026, takeover buzz and surging trading activity put this cross-border payments player at the center of fintech M&A.
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SpaceX’s initial public offering is poised to yield historic returns for its investors, marking one of the largest financial windfalls in technology history. The biggest winners, according to the company’s IPO filing, are SpaceX board members, Antonio Gracias, who founded Valor Equity Partners, and PayPal co-founder Luke Nosek.
May 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX filed for its hotly anticipated U.S. initial public offering on Wednesday, taking space exploration from a speculative venture to a mainstream investment theme.
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