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Latest SPAC News: Nasdaq threatens to delist Trump SPAC, Plastiq files for bankruptcy, and Virgin Galactic faces crucial test flight
Nasdaq threatens to delist the Trump SPAC from the stock market
Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC), the blank-check firm seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media venture that owns the Truth Social app, has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq.
In a press release Wednesday, Digital World said it “received an expected letter” from the stock market because it hasn’t filed a quarterly report for the period ending on March 31. The letter doesn’t mean the company will be delisted, but its stock could disappear from the Nasdaq exchange if it doesn’t get its act together soon.
READPayments Processor Plastiq Files for Bankruptcy After Aborted SPAC Deal
Payments processor Plastiq has filed for bankruptcy, less than a year after an aborted merger with a special-purpose acquisition company and weeks after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse temporarily halted its operations.
San Francisco-based Plastiq sought protection from creditors Wednesday with a proposed deal to be acquired by publicly traded payments business Priority Technology Holdings.
Richard Branson’s Space-Tourism Dreams Face a Crucial Test Flight
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.(NYSE:SPCE), the space-tourism startup founded by Richard Branson, plans to send a six-person crew to the edge of space and back on Thursday — a crucial test of whether the company is ready to start its commercial space service late next month.
The flight, called Unity 25, is scheduled to take off at 8 a.m. local time from New Mexico with two seasoned pilots and four passengers — all Virgin Galactic employees. It’s the company’s first crewed mission in almost two years.
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At the SPAC of Dawn There are signs that the macro environment for SPACs is gradually improving, but the Screaming Eagle team yesterday announced a non-redemption agreement for its combination with Lionsgate Studios. Such agreements are generally a lever one pulls when a SPAC expects a potentially turbulent closing. All in all, the terms for...
Israeli tech firms have made up an outsized proportion of SPAC activity and despite the ongoing tensions in its region, that dealmaking is continuing unabated. In fact, the SPAC named for the particular mission of taking Israeli firms public through SPACs, Israel Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:ISRL) in fact just took one step closer in completing that...
At the SPAC of Dawn Although the market has largely recovered from a negative stretch last week, the roller coaster is tilted back downward for Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT), which slid -8% yesterday to $32.57 – one of its lowest points since closing with Digital World last month. Other SPACs and de-SPACs are having a more...
Remember the metaverse? Many do not. Meta’s (NASDAQ:META) attempted transition to virtually living and working seemed to mark a trend that went up and down quickly, but one SPAC deal has both survived that roller coaster and may rise with a second. Back in December 2022, Newbury Street (NASDAQ:NBST) announced a $1.85 billion combination with...
At the SPAC of Dawn Tucked into the bill that provides $95 billion in funding to American allies passed by the House this weekend is another measure that is likely to have far more impact on at least one pending deal in SPAC world. It would appear that the timing was fortuitous for TikTok rival...