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Ant International plans to raise $1 billion, with a valuation potentially exceeding $10 billion, and aims to go public in Hong Kong this year

According to Bloomberg, Ant Group's overseas business subsidiary Ant International is considering raising approximately $1 billion to accelerate business growth, with a valuation expected to reach $10 billion or higher. Sources reveal that potential investors include existing shareholders General Atlantic and Silver Lake, and relevant communications are still ongoing, with no final decision made yet.If the financing is successfully completed, it will help Ant International prepare for a potential listing in Hong Kong as early as this year. If the listing plan goes ahead, it will restart Ant Group's IPO process, which was halted by regulators in 2020, making it the largest IPO globally. After undergoing a compliance restructuring, Ant International established an independent board in 2024. Due to R&D investments and regulatory factors, the overall valuation of the parent company Ant Group has shrunk to approximately $79 billion in 2023.Ant International achieved revenue of $3 billion in 2024 and recorded about 25% growth in 2025. As of April 2026, its services have covered over 220 markets worldwide, supporting more than 300 payment methods. Its core business consists of four major segments, including the cross-border payment network Alipay+, merchant acquiring service Antom, cross-border trade payment platform WorldFirst, and AI digital lending and foreign exchange fund management service Bettr.In March 2026, Ant Group received approval from Chinese regulators to acquire the Hong Kong-listed brokerage Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group Ltd. to expand its online securities business outside mainland China. Ant Group is also continuously investing in emerging technologies to explore new revenue sources, with investment directions covering large language models, humanoid robots, and a healthcare application with 140 million users.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley compete for the lead underwriting position in OpenAI and Anthropic's IPO, with potential earnings exceeding $7 billion

According to Fortune, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are competing for the lead underwriter position for the future IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic. Previously, Goldman Sachs secured the lead underwriter role for the SpaceX IPO, which is expected to take place on June 12. Both OpenAI and Anthropic's IPOs are expected to raise at least $60 billion, totaling over $120 billion.Jay Ritter, an IPO expert from the University of Florida, stated that the investment bank that secures the lead underwriter position will determine how much IPO stock allocation each fund receives, thus potentially earning far more than other underwriters. Ritter noted that institutional investors often pay a significant amount of "soft dollars" to lead underwriters to secure more IPO allocations, which refers to the portion of trading commissions that exceeds the actual execution costs.If it is still uncertain whether Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley will secure the lead underwriter position for OpenAI and Anthropic, funds may simultaneously direct more trading commissions to both investment banks to increase their chances of receiving allocations. For example, in the case of the SpaceX IPO, if the fundraising scale reaches $86 billion, the underwriting fee would be approximately $600 million. However, if the stock price rises by 20% on the first day, the paper gains for IPO investors would exceed $17 billion, and Ritter estimates that at least 30% of that could flow back to the investment bank in the form of soft dollars, about $5 billion, far exceeding the underwriting fee itself.If both OpenAI and Anthropic see a 20% increase on their first day of trading, the paper gains for investors would reach $24 billion. Based on the same ratio, investment banks could potentially receive over $7 billion in soft dollars, most of which would flow to the lead underwriter. Currently, both OpenAI and Anthropic have secretly submitted draft registration statements, but the listing dates have not yet been determined.
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