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Nasdaq-100 futures fell as a semiconductor selloff that began on Wall Street moved through Asia and hit U.S. chip shares before the open. Investors are turning to upcoming earnings from Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Apple for evidence that AI spending can support elevated valuations.

Meta Chief Data Officer Alex Schultz says agentic commerce could become the next major layer of business for the company. Stablecoins, decentralized identity, and WhatsApp-based commerce are emerging as core pieces of that vision, though adoption remains uneven worldwide.

Cboe is reintroducing S&P 500 binary options after shelving similar contracts more than a decade ago, adding a partial-payout twist to the product. The move signals rising Wall Street interest in prediction-style markets once dominated by crypto-native platforms.

Meta is reportedly developing Arena, an experimental prediction market app that would let users forecast outcomes across politics, sports, entertainment and global events. The project uses a points-based format for now, reviving Meta's Forecast effort as regulators intensify scrutiny of event contracts.

For stablecoins to get the sort of traction that tech enthusiasts are hoping for, innovation from a firm like Meta might be crucial