... Europe, the situation is also improving significantly. American fintech unicorn Chime recently debuted on the stock market, soaring more than 30% on its first trading day, making it one of the largest fintech IPOs of the year. This success encourages others. Design platform Figma has officially conducted its listing: its IPO was valued at approximately $1.5 billion (with the company’s revenues reaching $749 million in 2024) at a valuation of around $15–20 billion. Figma's shares began trading up, confirming high investor demand for tech placements. A number of notable startups (including payment service Stripe and social platform ...

... PayPal: One of the largest payment platforms has launched a new service, **“Pay with Crypto,”** enabling tens of millions of merchants to accept payments in over 100 types of cryptocurrencies. Customers can now pay with Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, and other coins via linked wallets (including third-party ones like MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet), while sellers receive revenue in stable fiat currency. The crypto-to-fiat conversion occurs instantly using the stablecoin PYUSD from PayPal, minimizing volatility risks for businesses. Moreover, PayPal has set a reduced fee of 0.99% for such transactions (below typical banking ...

... the domestic market. There may also be attempts to reduce dampener payments in case of falling oil prices and declining budget revenues from the sector. The last attempt to reduce the dampener by half in 2023 led to an autumn fuel crisis. Kotov notes ... ... retail fuel prices. The dampener only applies to exchange trading, which accounts for only 15% of wholesale fuel sales. On the other hand, the dampener will not affect AI-98 gasoline, which will remain the leader in price increases. Translated using ...

... share prices of international companies that actively collaborate with China. Firms such as Apple and Nike generate significant revenues from the Chinese market, and the success of the sales event can positively impact their stock prices. On the US stock ... ... sentiment, especially if the US economy also shows positive dynamics. However, in the context of declining consumer activity in other countries or heightened inflation, investors may approach short-term investments in companies reliant on the Chinese market ...

... games. Many small entrepreneurs and freelancers earned money through character leveling or the sale of leveled profiles, while platforms like FunPay collected commissions from such deals. Now this source of income will be cut off, which will affect the revenues of those services. On the other hand, official game publishers might benefit from this situation. Previously, the trading of accounts and boosting occurred outside the control of developers, often violating user agreements. The legislative ban may lead to players increasingly ...