What will Elon actually do if he buys Twitter?

Alex Wilhelm@alex / 10:02 AM EDT•April 25, 2022

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• Stocks are down, and cryptos not looking too impressive as the world gears up for a packed week of mega-tech earnings.
• The Twitter-Elon Musk deal could happen soon? As soon as today? It appears that after Musk dropped a filing indicating that he actually had the funds to buy the deal, talks shook loose. What’s ahead? I have precisely and exactly no idea.
• Hopin is perhaps enduring some turbulence, per the FT. The company, once riding a torrid wave of market demand, is seeing its business molt into a more steady form. That meant layoffs earlier in the year, and a decline in its share price on secondary exchanges.
• Startups! From the startup-realm this morning, new rounds for Zenda and Rooser. Not Rooster, mind, just Rooser.
• And there’s a general climate of fear out there, which won’t do much for market sentiment. Alas, 2022 is not 2021 when it comes to investor excitement.

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