SpaceX drives the US stock issuance scale to reach a record high of $251 billion in the past six months.

After record-breaking issuance activities from SpaceX and Google's parent company Alphabet, Wall Street bankers are feeling upbeat, with these trades boosting expectations for trading activities in the second half of 2026. Data shows that, excluding special purpose acquisition companies and other investment tools, the total amount of IPOs and stock issuances in the U.S. reached a record high of $251 billion as of June 26th this year. This number surpasses the previous half-year record set during the issuance boom of 2021. More transactions are on the horizon, including IPOs continuing in the coming weeks, as well as the possibility of a large-scale new stock issuance transaction by Anthropic PBC as early as October. The momentum for convertible bonds and other forms of financing is also expected to continue, as so-called mega cloud service providers continuously seek funding from investors to support the construction of data centers and other AI infrastructure.