Despite a rough stretch in the markets, this week’s headlines stayed focused on building, with capital continuing to flow into AI infrastructure, stablecoin payments and regulated derivatives at a steady pace.

🔎 Recent Updates & Developments

– Alphabet plans to raise $80B in equity to fund AI infrastructure.

– Ramp raised $750M at a $44B valuation led by ICONIQ, GIC and Goldman Sachs.

– Binance opened commission-free access to 7,000+ US stocks for non-US users.

– Mastercard expanded its settlement network to include stablecoins, intraday and weekend processing. 

– CME Group launched 24/7 crypto derivatives trading on Globex.

– Anthropic confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC.

– MoneyGram launched MGUSD on Stellar, issued by Stripe-owned Bridge.