The Ledger

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Sacks: PayPal worked with ADL and SPLC to de-platform users
“PayPal was taking the lead to financial deep platforming. They were working with the ADL and the SPLC to kick, to just to identify groups to kick off their platform.”
David Sacks Feb 5, 2022 ▶ 54:45 E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
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Sacks: Stripe processes $2T in annual volume, exceeding PayPal's $1.7T
“And I think they're doing about two trillion a year of annual transaction volume. I think PayPal is doing 1.7”
David Sacks Jul 18, 2026 ▶ 34:45 Can the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans Datacenters
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Palihapitiya: Carl Icahn unlocked $250B in value by pushing eBay-PayPal split
“He unlocked a quarter trillion dollars of value.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 1:18:22 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
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Chamath: Shareholder revolt forced PayPal to explicitly deny Pinterest acquisition
“PayPal was rumored to be buying Pinterest. And, you know, there was such an incredible shareholder revolt that they had to put out a press release saying we have absolutely no interest In acquiring Pinterest.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 1:14:11 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
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Sacks: PayPal was acquired for $1.5B in 2002 versus $250B today
“PayPal is now a two hundred fifty billion dollar company. We sold it in 2002 for 1.5 billion.”
David Sacks Dec 4, 2020 ▶ 26:43 E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more
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