Elon Musk has secured $7 billion in financing from a group of high-net-worth individuals, investment firms and companies as part of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.

The world’s richest man has been seeking to use less of his personal wealth — which is mostly tied up in stocks — to fund the acquisition.
A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that Binance, the owner of CoinMarketCap, is among the 18 co-investors — and will invest $500 million.
Other big backers include Fidelity Management and Research, Sequoia Capital and VyCapital — as well as Oracle co-founder and Tesla board member Larry Ellison, who’s committing $1 billion in funding…….