... volatility. Investor Concerns: A Repeat of the Dot-Com Bubble? The last time CAPE exceeded 44 was during the dot-com bubble in 2000, after which the market plummeted by more than 50%. Many traders today are comparing the current situation to that period: High valuations of technology company stocks; A significant influx of retail investors willing to overpay for assets; Expectations of further growth without regard to fundamental risks. If history were to repeat itself, the market could face significant corrections in the ...

... inspires other candidates. The design platform Figma conducted a long-awaited listing, raising about $1.5 billion (with revenue of $749 million in 2024) at a valuation of around $15–20 billion. Figma shares opened with confident growth, confirming high investor demand for technology offerings. Several well-known startups—including payment platform Stripe, social network Reddit, and Indian e-commerce project Meesho—have already filed applications or are preparing to go public in the second half of 2025. All this signals ...

... are preparing to go public, a prospect that seemed unlikely just a year ago. Consolidation and M&A Deals: Scaling Up Players High company valuations and fierce competition for markets are pushing the startup ecosystem toward consolidation. Large mergers ... ... acquisitions are once again taking center stage, providing investors with exit opportunities and giving companies access to new technologies and scale. Records are being set for the size of exits: for example, Google agreed to purchase the cloud cybersecurity ...

... current historical decline in institutional interest in the “Magnificent Seven” stocks is driven by a combination of factors: high valuations and concentration of risks, slowing growth (in the cloud at Amazon and advertising at Google), declining profitability ... ... adaptable: Microsoft and Meta are beating profit forecasts, Apple and Google generate stable cash flows, and Nvidia leads the new technological cycle of AI. As soon as the current market sentiment shifts to a more optimistic tone, institutional investors may ...

... and corporate clients. 2. Paradigm: Innovations in Infrastructure and Payments Paradigm is known for its focus on cutting-edge technology, especially blockchain infrastructure and financial applications: Nous Research (AI, Series A $50M): Developing solutions ... ... trading processes. Privy (Infrastructure, Funding $15M): Offering tools for data security and privacy, critical in the age of high hacking risks. Mesh (Payments, Series B $82M): Aiming to simplify the process of digital payments through smart contracts ...