Shares of banks and other financial institutions fell amid concerns about the sustainability of a tech boom.
The price of bitcoin briefly plunged to the lowest level in more than a year, wiping billions of dollars off cryptocurrency market value. That dragged cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms such as Coinbase Global and Robinhood Markets into the red.
Fears that a new artificial-intelligence tool will make data-software firms redundant weighed on some major money managers, who lend money to both software firms and data-center developers. Shares of private-credit giants Blue Owl, Ares Management, Blackstone and KKR plunged.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 03, 2026 17:34 ET (22:34 GMT)
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