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Amazon, Coinbase, and Reddit earnings in focus
CNBC Televisionยท2025-08-01 01:10

Cloud Computing - Amazon's AWS is under pressure to match Microsoft Azure's Q1 growth of 39%, as AWS delivered over 60% of Amazon's operating income last quarter with triple the company average margins [2] - Amazon plans to invest $100 billion this year, while Microsoft increased its spending to $120 billion and Alphabet to $85 billion [3] E-commerce & Tariffs - Analysts are optimistic about Amazon's ability to navigate tariff impacts, expecting positive results in third-party seller performance and online sales [4][5] - The tariff force started on April 2nd, coinciding with the second quarter [4] Cryptocurrency Market - Analysts anticipate a roughly 30% drop in retail trading volumes for Coinbase compared to the same quarter last year [8] - Analysts expect a 38% year-over-year increase in revenue from stablecoins for Coinbase [8] - Speculative retail trading slowed across centralized exchanges like Coinbase as Washington's focus shifted to tariffs, with institutional inflows into crypto ETFs and buying by crypto treasury companies supporting crypto prices [7] - The SEC wants to bring all financial markets in the US on-chain [9] Reddit's Performance - Reddit's shares have gained 42% in the past two months, with 62% of analysts having a buy rating on the stock and 34% having a hold rating [13] - Analysts expect Reddit's revenue to grow nearly 52% and earnings to swing to a 19 cent per share gain from a 6 cent per share loss in the year-ago quarter [14] - There are concerns about Reddit's dependence on Google traffic and the growing negative impact from AI search [15]