--- title: From stocks to crypto, markets reel as AI doubts grow description: Global financial markets experienced significant volatility as investor concerns about massive AI infrastructure spending by tech giants (Amazon, Microsoft,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-stocks-to-crypto-markets-reel-as-ai-doubts-grow-wuscja6ia twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From stocks to crypto, markets reel as AI doubts grow | daily.dev og:description: Global financial markets experienced significant volatility as investor concerns about massive AI infrastructure spending by tech giants (Amazon, Microsoft,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-stocks-to-crypto-markets-reel-as-ai-doubts-grow-wuscja6ia og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WuscJA6Ia.png og:image:alt: From stocks to crypto, markets reel as AI doubts grow og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From stocks to crypto, markets reel as AI doubts grow **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Global financial markets experienced significant volatility as investor concerns about massive AI infrastructure spending by tech giants (Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta totaling $600 billion) triggered widespread selloffs. The S&P 500 software and services index lost $1 trillion in market value since late January in what traders dubbed "software-mageddon." Cryptocurrencies dropped $2 trillion from October peaks, while traditional safe havens like precious metals also showed unusual volatility. Markets are questioning the return on investment for AI spending while simultaneously worrying about AI's disruptive impact on software and data services sectors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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