Mackenzie Tatananni / Barron's Online:
Quantum computing company Infleqtion closed at $15.59 in its trading debut, up ~9% from its opening price of $14.25, after merging with a Michael Klein-led SPAC  —  Choose Barron's as a preferred source of financial news  —  Key Points  —  A new contender among quantum computing stocks has entered the ring.

Forbes:
Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B+ valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation  —  As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:
Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins conditional approval from the US OCC to form a national trust bank, which would allow it to issue and manage stablecoins  —  What to know: … Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure firm owned by Stripe, said Tuesday it has received conditional approval …

Financial Times:
Meta commits to buy millions of Nvidia Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in a multiyear deal; source: Meta's in-house AI chip strategy has suffered technical challenges  —  Social media group will purchase millions of chips even as it tries to develop its own AI hardware

Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg:
Source: Benchmark's 2020 fund is now worth 10x+ and 2024 fund is 3x what investors put in, based on cash distributions and the paper value of its investments  —  Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Jack Altman has been hired by Benchmark as a general partner, just two years after he became …