Benzinga looks at how Elon Musk's public comments on the popular DOGE memecoin has affected its perceived value.
Dogecoin is once again in the spotlight with speculation that DOGE payments are coming to X (formerly Twitter) as the platform looks to charge users a fee to post and interact on the platform. This was made public by owner Elon Musk, who said that the move was made in an effort to make sure […]
Investors close to Elon Musk are in talks to help his artificial-intelligence startup xAI raise $3 billion in a round that would value the company at $18 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Venture capital firm Gigafund, and Steve Jurvetson are among the backers considering investing in the round, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. The WSJ report also said that a co-founder of another venture firm is also among the backers. However, it did not name the...
Investors close to Elon Musk are in talks to help his artificial-intelligence startup xAI raise $3 billion in a round that would value the company at $18 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Venture capital firm Gigafund and Steve Jurvetson are among the backers considering investing in the round, the report said, citing
Alex Spiro, 41, boasts he has never lost a jury trial while defending clients including Elon Musk, Alec Baldwin and Jay-Z. The attorney has been hired to defend NYC Mayor Eric Adams against claims he sexually assaulted a junior colleague in 1993. Taxpayers will foot the bill for the Miami-based Harvard graduate who typically charges $2,000 an hour
Backed by Twitter owner Elon Musk, former The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano recently sued Disney and Lucasfilm for wrongful discharge and sex discrimination. Carano portrayed the heroic character Cara Dune in the first two seasons of The Mandalorian. She was also set to feature in the since-canceled spinoff series Rangers of the New Republic. In a recent filing aiming […]
Ross Gerber, the CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, expressed his skepticism about Musk's management style in light of the Cybertruck delivery delays. read more
Social media personality Topdoge recently speculated on the potential for Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) to reach a $500B market cap, reminiscent of Ethereum’s (CRYPTO: ETH) previous bull run. read more
Musk admitted his tweets have caused harm to his platform's bottom line. He defended tweet about Ben Brody in July 2023 that labeled him a 'neo-Nazi'. Brody sued Musk after CEO said student was part of an extremist group
A standoff between Elon Musk and Brazil escalated on Sunday when a Supreme Court judge opened an inquiry into the billionaire after Musk said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform X that the judge had ordered blocked. Musk, the owner of X and a self-declared free speech absolutist, has challenged a decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering the blocking of certain accounts. He has said X, formerly known as Twitter, would lift all the restrictions because they were...
Billionaire Elon Musk on April 9 claimed that the Brazilian employees of his social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), are being threatened with arrest. The tech mogul further added that all details he has on Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes will be shared after his employees are safe.“We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump. They have been told they will be arrested,” he...
Elon Musk's Xitter is trying to stall DOJ investigations again.