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De-SPACs Aren t as Bad as You Think
SPACs and De-SPACs continue to get a bad rap as media points to % off all-time highs. Investors who look deeper will see opportunity as most are providing positive returns since IPO.
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The Media Paints a Bleaker Picture than Reality
Axios put out a bit today discussing how EV stocks have lost their luster. Yes, it s true, that SPAC EV stocks are down demonstrably from their ridiculous highs. SPACs were frothy, and the highs that these companies hit were a product of a combination of Peak SPAC and EV euphoria, and not necessarily rational market behavior.
Here’s a crypto-meets-transportation story for you before we move onto the rest of the news.
Just weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CFO Zach Kirkhorn said they believe in the longevity of bitcoin, the company has changed its stance. Musk, who has dubbed himself Technoking, tweeted that Tesla has suspended purchases of its electric vehicles with the cryptocurrency because of its concern about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal.
The tweet from Musk sent the price of bitcoin down. Ah, but wait, the crazy hijinks were just getting started. Musk’s tweet was clear that while bitcoin was out, other cryptocurrencies were in. “We are also looking at other cryptocurrencies that use
Lupa Systems and former Walt Disney Asia Pacific president
Uday Shankar have launched
Seven Islands Inc, a new blank-cheque company aiming to raise $300 million to invest in the South and Southeast Asian region. The SPAC will invest in the media, entertainment, consumer technology, healthcare, and education industries in Southeast and South Asia, with a particular focus on India.
After a frenetic quarter for SPACs, the fad around this listing alternative is coming to “a more normalised cadence” with stakeholders growing warier of its potential risks, according to international law firm
Morrison & Foerster. IPOs of US SPACs plummeted to 13 in April, compared to record highs in the first three months of 2021 when it continued to trend upwards month-over-month to hit 110 in March. But, SPACs, currently still a US phenomenon, are poised to spread across other regions including Greater China.