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  ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ (@SsSw33tt) reported 4 minutes ago

  @terriblelovebrd Yeah!! It's always the first thing I fill out when placing my glitch orders I wanted to know if there's a specific email I can use to track my payment/order, because for some reason PayPal didn't register it and that worries me ;;;I've never had problems processing payment..

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  Bad217 Kenneth Delong 5186452409 (@KennethDel94427) reported 4 minutes ago

  Can you please send me a paycheck to my paypal account ? Cant rob the banks they are broken from left to left Kemneth A Delong i claim 1 on my 1099 lol I have expens report but i am ok to donate it just to secure our internet spectrum is setting up direct into . Flagi conceal

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  MAN KEV  (@RealManKev) reported 5 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal my account is permanently limited, how do I resolve this issue?

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  @dwjorgeb (@dwjorgeb) reported 5 minutes ago

  @levelsio @loaibassam @blockbee_io it's mostly a UX problem imo, and we've tried hard to make it as a smooth experience as we can (emulating the Stripe/PayPal flow), unfortunately due to the inherent technicalities of crypto, it is very hard to beat PayPal or Apple Pay 1-click UX

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  Byul (@byul_finance) reported 10 minutes ago

  $PYPL $AAPL PayPal shares drop as CEO Enrique Lores issues weak Q2 guidance despite Q1 beat

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  🍀 (@doobindubop) reported 11 minutes ago

  wts one vvip for ampers&one in Chicago!! Selling at fv! rfs: one of my friends can’t go anymore :( I can do Zelle/paypal f&f and g&s Dm me for prood pls I will also be at the venue if any issues occur to help!

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  Grok (@grok) reported 12 minutes ago

  @S_W_Somerville @QuantumTumbler The book is Eric Berger's "Liftoff," detailing SpaceX's desperate early years. Musk invested nearly his entire ~$100M PayPal fortune into the company. Falcon 1 suffered three straight failures (2006-2008), each costing millions and nearly bankrupting him. Down to his last dollars—and funding failing Tesla at the same time—he risked everything on a fourth launch. It succeeded in 2008, saving SpaceX. Musk's personal financial exposure was extreme, with no safety net.

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  CryptoSmind (@SmindCrypto) reported 16 minutes ago

  PayPal has lost its mojo—and the numbers don’t lie. PayPal is losing the world it helped create. Once the undisputed king of online checkout, PayPal is now fighting for relevance in a world it helped create. Its branded checkout growth cratered to just 1% in Q4 2025, a sharp plunge from prior rates around 6% in earlier periods. Overall revenue grew modestly (~4%), but missed estimates, contributing to a brutal stock reaction and ongoing pressure. The Competitive Squeeze: Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay are eating PayPal’s lunch, especially with younger, mobile-first users. Seamless, wallet-native experiences on phones are winning over the old “Pay with PayPal” button. Apple Pay is closing the gap fast on U.S. users, and the habit shift is real: fewer shoppers are defaulting to PayPal at checkout. This isn’t just cyclical. PayPal’s active user growth has slowed dramatically (low single digits annually), transaction take rates have declined over the years, and competitors like Stripe are outpacing it in key areas. The digital payments moat PayPal once enjoyed has been commoditized by Big Tech integration and smoother alternatives. Historical Echoes Analysts and longtime observers point to 2002 as a symbolic turning point: 👉the eBay acquisition closed, 👉Peter Thiel exited the same day. What started as a scrappy, innovative disruptor became tied to an auction platform before eventually spinning out. The brand still carries legacy strength, but it lacks the cultural spark and developer momentum of its early days. The AI Pivot: Too Little, Too Late? PayPal is now on a reorganization push under new CEO Enrique Lores, talking up AI, automation, cost savings (~$1.5B targeted), and becoming a “technology company again.” It’s streamlining into three business units and investing in ads, crypto, and Venmo. The big question:👇 Is it enough? Guidance for 2026 has been cautious amid macro headwinds and competition, with shares reacting negatively at times. Execution will be tough against entrenched Big Tech players who control the devices and platforms where payments happen. PayPal still has scale, a strong brand, Venmo, and a massive user base. But “mojo” was about being the default, the innovator, the future. Right now, it feels like a mature company defending turf rather than conquering new ground. The market is watching whether this AI/tech reset can restore growth or if PayPal becomes another fintech cautionary tale—profitable but permanently de-risked and de-rated. What do you think—turnaround story or slow decline? #PayPal #Fintech #Payments

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  Kai - Briefing Block (@briefing_block_) reported 16 minutes ago

  $IBM, $SHOP - AI is not replacing workers equally. It is exposing CEOs. The lazy read is that AI means fewer workers, better margins, cleaner earnings stories. The sharper read is that AI is becoming a leadership philosophy. Two very different playbooks Coinbase is cutting roughly 14% of its workforce as Brian Armstrong pushes the company toward a leaner, faster, AI-native structure. PayPal is reportedly planning to reduce staff by around 20% over the next two to three years while targeting at least $1.5B in savings under its turnaround plan. That is the first AI playbook: take the productivity gain and immediately convert it into headcount reduction. It can work, especially when the company is bloated, margins are under pressure, or investors have lost patience. But it also tells you something about how management sees the business. AI becomes a weapon against cost, not a tool for expanding ambition. The other side of the trade Axon and Spotify are taking the more interesting route. Axon’s message to employees was basically: AI lets teams do more, not disappear. Spotify’s Gustav Söderström framed the choice cleanly: cut people to harvest savings now, or keep headcount roughly flat and ship more value. That second path is less obvious to screeners because it does not instantly show up as a layoff headline or a clean margin bridge. But over time, it may be the stronger operating model. Same team, more output. Same payroll, faster product velocity. Same talent base, larger problem set. That is not softness. That is leverage. The IBM point matters IBM’s Nickle LaMoreaux has been pushing the right question: are companies moving from “AI to productivity” toward “AI to growth”? That is the whole debate. Productivity is the first-order gain. Growth is the second-order test. Even Gartner is warning that AI-related workforce reductions may create budget room without necessarily delivering returns. Markets love the clean story of fewer employees and higher near-term margins. But the better companies may be the ones that use AI to compound capability before they rush to shrink the org chart. Bottom line: AI is not just changing labor costs. It is revealing which CEOs are managing for a margin headline, and which ones are building a higher-output company.

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  The Useful Investor (@ANbrownDY99) reported 16 minutes ago

  $PYPL is somehow under investigation in relation to “breaching” Uk anti competition laws along with $V and $MA Not sure how @PayPal is an issue here? Seems like there is loads of digital wallet competition. The #FCA have no clue as usual.

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  Kaz (@Sc20506481Karen) reported 17 minutes ago

  Anyone out there in Bitcoin who bought it through PayPal when it was 1.00 help me figure out how to help my friend who only has two passwords written down when he bought 300 bitcoin at 1.00

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  U (@Uzwzp63636) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Fiat_iceberg Paypal did meet expectations still down 10%

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  ClarityFirst (@ClarityFirst_) reported 19 minutes ago

  $FINX looks like a contrarian fintech play. It is down ~8%, while valuation has compressed to ~22x P/E — near the low end of its 10Y range and well below the fintech category median. Top holdings like PayPal, Block, Coinbase, Robinhood and SoFi still have upside if sentiment stabilizes. Messy basket, but the setup looks more reasonable now.

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  m (@terriblelovebrd) reported 20 minutes ago

  @SsSw33tt Ugh yeah PayPal often freezes accounts over big transactions and holds stuff because they’re sensitive like that. Did you enter an email when you ordered? If glitch didn’t send anything to you there id ask them directly if the order went through for them

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  ᒪEᑎᗩᗰIᑌ✨ (@lenamiususu) reported 22 minutes ago

  @PkldSunflower Is there another to donate because the qr code is not working on my end for paypal?? Do you have the number i can send it to?