Circle (CRCL) stock slips in early trade as rate outlook and insider sales take center stage

Circle Internet Group slipped 3.9% to $92.38 early Tuesday, pulling back after the stablecoin issuer’s stock notched another sharp gain just a day earlier.

PayPal stock jumps on Stripe takeover chatter as traders brace for next move

PayPal stock jumps on Stripe takeover chatter as traders brace for next move

PayPal Holdings jumped almost 7% Tuesday, following a Bloomberg News story that private payments player Stripe is weighing an acquisition of PayPal—or at least some of its assets. Both PayPal and Stripe kept quiet on the chatter. Reuters said it couldn't confirm the Bloomberg report independently. Stripe, for its part, landed a $159 billion valuation in a tender offer this day, allowing staff and early backers to offload shares.
25 February 2026
AI disruption fear drags Nasdaq lower as Alphabet, Amazon earnings loom

AI disruption fear drags Nasdaq lower as Alphabet, Amazon earnings loom

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors worried that artificial intelligence would create new rivals for software makers and squeeze margins. The S&P 500 fell 1.46% and the Nasdaq dropped 2.17%, with Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon sliding ahead of earnings from Alphabet on Wednesday and Amazon on Thursday. Art Hogan at B. Riley Wealth said some software names “may well be disrupted by AI,” while John Campbell of Allspring Global Investments said the market had “expectations … really high.”