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PayPal is diving into the messy world of crypto with a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, aptly and uninventively named PayPal USD.

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What’s the point of an app if you can’t make money on it? Such is the thought process of Twitter owner Elon Musk, as the first part of his grand plan to turn the bird app into the “everything app” will start with transforming the site into yet another stock trading platform.

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A Baby Grand Piano as shown in an ad on Facebook Marketplace
The "free" Baby Grand Piano as it appeared — looking flawless — on Facebook Markeplace.
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In this photo illustration, the new Twitter logo rebranded as X (X Corp.) is seen on a smartphone and Elon Musk Twitter account with the new X logo on a pc screen.
The original X logo, which is set to return.
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Tired of that lovely bird song, Musk has smothered the cage housing Twitter’s classic bird logo. The site is still called “Twitter,” microblogging posts are still called “Tweets” but the little blue bird logo appearing in the top corner of the site for over a decade has become a big, bland, black “X.”

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Peter Thiel and Elon Musk holding Visa credit cards
Peter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, right, hold VISA credit cards branded with the X.com company logo on October 20, 2000.
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Peter Thiel speaking at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami
Peter Thiel said he won't move his offices to Florida due to high real estate prices and interest rates.