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There are more than 50,000 venture-backed startups in the U.S., and only the tiniest fraction will ever reach a $1 billion valuation. Here are the 25 we think most likely to succeed.

PayPal became the first online payment giant to enter the cryptocurrency arena on Monday by rolling out a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, sending its shares up nearly 3% despite a turbulent crypto market and as PayPal’s stock dipped to a six-year low in the wake of decreased consumer spending last year.

Moderna and BioNTech shares both cratered to their lowest price in years Monday as the companies behind the most widely-circulated mRNA Covid-19 vaccines grapple with investor disappointment with crashing revenues.

History suggests the federal debt rating downgrade won’t impact stocks for long, as stocks continued their upward trajectory after a brief blip in the aftermath of the S&P’s similar decision 12 years ago.

Popular music streaming platform Spotify has confirmed that they will be raising their prices from $11.99 to $12.99 a month for Premium users.

Activision Blizzard’s stock price peaked around $92 a share Tuesday after a federal judge in California ruled it could merge with Microsoft.

Falling stocks, wounded unicorns and rising interest rates translated into a down year for the world’s wealthiest people.

Companies powering the generative AI rush are the top returners for all three major stock indexes this year.

Twenty-one of the world’s richest people, including Larry Ellison and Rob Walton, have unloaded shares worth more than $9 billion combined in the first half of this year.

Bitcoin miners are surging thanks to a strong year for crypto, while ChatGPT is slamming stocks like online study-help company Chegg.