Ripple shakes up crypto markets with a $40 billion valuation following a $500 million funding round, redefining digital asset infrastructure. Across Asia, AI-fueled momentum from Wall Street is lifting semiconductor and tech stocks, with Japan and South Korea leading the rally. Meanwhile, Mashreqbank marks a strong return to global lending with a $1.5 billion Asian credit line. In our Deep Dive, we decode Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay plan — a 12-tranche structure that could give him 25% control. Visionary or excessive? The debate over corporate power just intensified.
