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Latest SPAC News: Circle spokesperson denies blaming SEC for failed deal, BuzzFeed CEO says AI-powered content will be part of core business, and FaZe Clan faces possible delisting
Circle Spokesperson Denies Blaming SEC for Failed $9 Billion Deal
USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle has rejected claims that it blames the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the failure of its $9 billion plan to go public in December, according to a spokeswoman for the company.
The representative of the stablecoin issuer was responding to an article that was published on January 25 in the Financial Times. The article characterised Circle as having “blamed” the securities regulator for its “derailed” listing by dragging its feet on the approval of a merger agreement. “Circle has not and does not blame the SEC for anything related to the mutual termination of our SPAC merger agreement with Concord,” the representative said.
READBuzzFeed CEO Says AI-Powered Content Creation Will Become ‘Part of Our Core Business’ in 2023
BuzzFeed (NASDAQ: BZFD), amid an economic downturn that last month led it to lay off 12% of its workforce, this year will increasingly rely on artificial-intelligence technology to help produce content, CEO Jonah Peretti said in an email to staff Thursday.
In 2023, “you’ll see AI-inspired content move from an R&D stage to part of our core business, enhancing the quiz experience, informing our brainstorming, and personalizing our content for our audience,” Peretti wrote.
READFaZe Clan faces possible delisting from the Nasdaq just 6 months after going public
FaZe Clan (NASDAQ:FAZE), the digital gaming-and-e-sports-content platform that went public just over six months ago with a valuation of $1 billion, is already trading well below a dollar per share, putting the company at risk of delisting by the Nasdaq exchange.
Face Holdings, the parent company of FaZe Clan, has seen its stock price fall from a high of $24.69 on August 30, 2022 to just 75 cents on Thursday.
At the SPAC of Dawn Much of the action around SPAC votes this week is back-loaded towards Friday. Monday through Wednesday will see four extension votes and one completion vote, while Thursday and Friday is set to host three of each. The headliner of these completion votes is of course Digital World‘s (NASDAQ:DWAC) long-awaited special...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending March 15, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. Maybe it’s the weather, but there was a perceptible change this week in the air. That’s not to say that we should expect a big...
Deals and Amendments Keyarch (NASDAQ:KYCH) has tweaked the earnout provision of its combination with EV charging firm ZOOZ Power. Under the new terms, ZOOZ shareholders will still receive 1,000,000 shares if it achieves $10 million or more in gross revenue for any four quarters within five or if its shares hit a VWAP of $12....
In the current market conditions, SPACs looking for a target have to thread multiple needles at once. Many in the market now – particularly of the 2021 vintage – set out with teams experienced in high-growth technology sectors, but a risk-off market spooked by inflation has expressed itself in an appetite for more “sure things.”...
At the SPAC of Dawn Despite some Thursday ripples in the market on economic data readings, there appears to be growing consensus that the Fed won’t budge much over its initial plans for three rate cuts in 2024 and four more in 2025. But, other regulatory changes could have more direct impact on de-SPACs this...