Weekend Edition · Aug 15 — S&P record, Nvidia's $500B deal, and…

Weekend Edition — the week in review. • Nvidia secured a $500B Wall Street-backed financing package for AI infrastructure — cementing its central role in the buildout and routing massive credit into data-center supply chains. • US CPI cooled to 3.4% year-over-year in July with core at 2.5%, a third consecutive drop — strengthening the case for Fed rate cuts and helping push the S&P 500 to a new record above 7,800. • The SEC cancelled its planned open meeting on Regulation Crypto with no new date set — leaving exchanges, tokens, and institutional players in prolonged regulatory limbo.