U.S. Stocks and Bitcoin Slide as Alphabet Shares Cool Wall Street Rally

U.S. stocks lost some momentum on Tuesday after a surge that had pushed major indexes to record highs, with a drop in Alphabet shares helping to cool Wall Street’s rally. At the same time, futures tied to the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average edged lower, while bitcoin slipped below $70,000, adding another sign of caution across markets.

According to Asharq Al-Awsat, Alphabet’s decline was influential because the company is one of the largest and most closely watched names on Wall Street, and moves in its stock can affect the broader market. The report said the pullback in Alphabet helped slow the pace of the market’s record-setting advance, even as investor appetite had recently driven indexes to repeated highs.

Asharq Al-Awsat also reported that S&P 500 and Dow Jones futures fell slightly after the latest round of record levels, suggesting traders were pausing after the recent rally. That kind of move often signals a market taking stock of valuation levels and looking for fresh catalysts before extending gains further.

The weakness was not limited to equities. Bitcoin fell below the $70,000 threshold, with Asharq Al-Awsat reporting that the drop followed a partial liquidation of holdings by Strategy, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy. The decline in bitcoin matters because the cryptocurrency has become a major asset in its own right and a barometer for risk appetite in parts of the market.

Broader market coverage suggests the crypto selloff reflected more than a single company’s move. Bloomberg video coverage noted that bitcoin dropped below $70,000 amid deeper pressure from leveraged unwinding and wider market turbulence, while Cointribune reported heavy liquidations in long positions after the price fell to around $69,390. That combination points to a market where forced selling can amplify declines once key technical levels break.

For investors, the significance is that multiple risk assets weakened at once, even as U.S. stocks had just reached fresh highs. That kind of cross-market softness can make the rally more vulnerable in the short term, especially if traders become more cautious about big technology stocks, leveraged bets, or speculative assets like bitcoin.

What happens next will likely depend on whether buyers return quickly to the biggest market leaders, including Alphabet, and whether bitcoin stabilizes after its latest slide. If the selling broadens or persists, it could signal that the record-breaking rally in equities is entering a more volatile phase.