📊 Midday Market Take

S&P 500+0.93%
Nasdaq+1.41%
Dow Jones+0.95%
Prices as of 1:07 PM ET · July 21, 2026

Hey there, hope your Tuesday afternoon is treating you well. The S&P 500 is up nearly a full percent at 7,512, the Nasdaq is leading the charge at plus 1.41%, and the Dow is cruising past 52,300.

Tech is the story driving this rally, with mega-cap names pulling the Nasdaq well ahead of its peers. Keep an eye on whether that momentum holds as we head into the final two hours, because late-session profit-taking could trim these gains fast.


Stock Spotlight

Cipher Digital Inc.

NYSE: CIFR  ·  Technology
Price
$24.39
Today
+18.75%
30 Day
+0.42%
90 Day
+77.91%
1 Year
+290.26%

Cipher Digital Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates industrial-scale data centers for bitcoin mining and high-performance compute (HPC) hosting in the United States. It develops HPC data center facilities across various sites for hyperscaler tenants; operates power at one bitcoin mining data center; and maintains a pipeline across various sites. The company was formerly known as Cipher Mining Inc.

3 Reasons to Watch CIFR

  • Bitcoin Miners Are Solving AI's Power Problem. As AI infrastructure runs into a serious power bottleneck, companies like Cipher Digital are sitting on exactly what hyperscalers need: industrial-scale data centers with real electricity capacity. That dynamic is driving fresh investor interest in the space and helping explain why CIFR is up nearly 80% over the past 90 days.
  • The Chart Just Did Something Technically Significant. CIFR recently defended a macro golden cross on its chart, which is the kind of technical signal that gets momentum traders paying attention fast. Combined with an 18.75% single-day pop, the price action here is hard to ignore whether you're a chart reader or not.
  • A 290% One-Year Run That Still Has Believers. CIFR is up 290% over the past year, and that kind of return tends to attract a second wave of investors who missed the original move and are watching for a re-entry. The company's pivot from pure bitcoin mining toward HPC hosting for hyperscaler tenants gives it a growth story that goes beyond just crypto price swings.

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