A year following Elon Musk’s acquisition of X, previously known as Twitter, the platform’s valuation has nosedived from $44 billion to $19 billion. This info comes from employees with company shares and was reported by The Verge. Right after the purchase, Musk introduced Restricted Stock Units, or RSUs, for the employees. These are special shares […]
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