Kyle Cogger, At Stablecon, Says We’re Looking For Partners Who Can Scale Our Reach Quickly

Down 25%, Is Shopify Stock a Better Buy than SpaceX and the "Magnificent Seven" Stocks in September?

Shopify has declined 25% from its peak but continues strong revenue growth of 34% in H1 2026. However, its valuation at 70x forward earnings is expensive compared to alternatives. Alphabet emerges as a more attractive choice, trading at 17x earnings with accelerating growth in Google Cloud and promising AI/autonomous vehicle initiatives.

Shares of IT Services companies are trading higher. The sector may be rallying in response to AI executives from firms including Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceXAI signaling that the industry's growth may have to be slowed, which may limit threats to IT Service vendors.

Shopify Stock Lags the Market, But Top Analyst Sees a Buying Opportunity

Shopify stock has underperformed the market and a top analyst from Bernstein hiked his target citing its strong growth

X Pay is live on mainnet

X Pay has launched a payment gateway that enables any API or software to charge for individual HTTP requests and settle in USDC on Base mainnet. The service eliminates traditional payment barriers like accounts, API keys, and subscriptions by leveraging the x402 standard and stablecoins, allowing economically viable micropayments for the first time. The x402 standard, contributed by Coinbase and managed by the Linux Foundation, has already processed over 169 million payments across 590,000 buyers and 100,000 sellers.