Stripe goes up, PayPal goes down: The new king of digital economy payments ascends the throne in 2026.
Stripe's valuation surged 74% and it's considering acquiring PayPal, marking a divergence in the fates of old and new payment giants. Stripe is proactively developing stablecoins and AI payment infrastructure, while PayPal is losing momentum in its traditional model. This revolution in the payment industry reveals who is laying the foundation for the next financial era.PA Daily News | OpenFX Raises $94 Million in Funding; New Australian Regulations Require Crypto Exchanges to Obtain Financial Services Licenses
The US Department of Justice has indicted 10 executives of four cryptocurrency market makers, accusing them of manipulating the market through fraudulent transactions; Trump is seriously considering withdrawing from NATO; OpenAI has completed a $122 billion funding round; CoinShares has completed its SPAC merger and will begin trading on Nasdaq on April 1.Trading Moment: Cryptocurrency and US stocks rise broadly as markets await Trump's speech on the Iran situation at 9 AM tomorrow.
US stocks posted their biggest single-day gain this year, but institutions and Warren Buffett both believe there are still downside risks. Bitcoin unexpectedly rose in March and, entering Q2, may continue to fluctuate between $69,000 and $72,000, with each recent rebound being suppressed by the market.Musk: It's precisely because I'm not in this industry that SpaceX and Tesla have been able to achieve such breakthroughs.
Musk shared his entrepreneurial experience: despite having no aerospace background, he founded SpaceX and achieved radical breakthroughs through extensive reading and experimentation; the same applies to Tesla.Video
Warren Buffett's first public statement since stepping down: There are no good stocks in the US market, I sold Apple too early, and I strongly support the zero inflation target.
Warren Buffett stated that investment opportunities are hard to find after a stock market downturn, and he is holding a large amount of cash to wait for a market crash; he admitted to selling Apple stock too early and supports a zero inflation target. This is his first in-depth interview since stepping down as CEO.The Hidden Winner in FTX's Final Battle: The "Bankruptcy Arbitrage Feast" Behind the $2.2 Billion Distribution and the TradFi Drainage Effect
The cruel truth behind FTX's seemingly "120% overpayment" is that creditors paid huge "missed-out taxes" because they anchored the price to the bottom of 2022, while the real winners were Wall Street distressed asset funds that bought up the debt at a cost of 30 cents.The Wall Street Journal exposes the inside story of Sora's shutdown: burning through cash too quickly and having too few users, Anthropic forced Sora to cut its losses to save its IPO.
OpenAI shut down its AI video app Sora, burning through millions of dollars daily but generating only $2.1 million in revenue. A sharp drop in users led to the collapse of its $1 billion partnership with Disney. To compete with Anthropic and prepare for its IPO, OpenAI is shifting its resources to enterprise tools and programming products.PA Daily News | Dubai Releases New Regulations for Crypto Derivatives; Keyrock Completes Series C Funding, Valuation Reaches $1.1 Billion
Strategy did not increase its Bitcoin holdings last week; Russia set an annual purchase limit of 300,000 rubles for non-accredited investors; Alipay released its payment integration Skill; Trump hopes to reach an agreement with Iran by April 6.