MARKET MOVERS
Crypto Mining Stocks Lead Today's Market Movers · Sep 3, 2026
By TraderWe· Published Sep 3, 2026· 💬 0
Contents
Which US stocks moved most on September 3, 2026, the themes that drove them, and the news behind each move.
1. Market at a glance
- S&P 500 (SPY) 773.15 ▲ +0.3%
- Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) 717.67 ▼ −0.5%
- Russell 2000 (IWM) 295.18 ▼ −1.5%
- Dow (DIA) 536.91 ▲ +0.3%2. Biggest movers, grouped by what drove them
🤖 AI Infrastructure — HPE's AI server demand continues surging as customers buy everything, while CoreWeave and Applied Digital expand capacity for enterprise AI workloads.
- HPE +5.0% — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
- CRWV +4.5% — CoreWeave, Inc.
- APLD +4.0% — Applied Digital Corporation
☁️ GPU Cloud Computing — IREN secured $2.4 billion in financing to purchase Nvidia chips and reported 687% jump in AI cloud revenue, accelerating infrastructure expansion.
- CIFR +14.4% — Cipher Digital Inc.
- IREN +5.2% — IREN Limited
⚛️ Quantum Computing — IonQ demonstrated high-precision hybrid quantum workflows for drug discovery and approaches investor day as quantum computing stocks soar.
- IONQ +3.7% — IonQ, Inc.
⛏️ Crypto Mining — Bitcoin holding near $80K sparked rally across mining stocks as treasury holders capitalize on price strength and network expansion.
- BMNR +14.7% — Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc.
- RIOT +13.4% — Riot Platforms, Inc.
- CLSK +11.0% — CleanSpark, Inc.
- MARA +10.8% — MARA Holdings, Inc.
- WULF +9.5% — TeraWulf Inc.
- HUT +9.2% — Hut 8 Corp.
⚡ Power & Infrastructure — PG&E, Google, and Rewiring America launched a virtual power plant to lower grid costs, signaling growing infrastructure investment in electrification.
- PCG +4.7% — PG&E Corporation
💳 Fintech & Trading — PayPal restructured operations while SoFi linked banking network to stablecoin and Interactive Brokers benefited from market activity.
- IBKR +4.3% — Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
- PYPL +3.9% — PayPal Holdings, Inc.
- SOFI +3.8% — SoFi Technologies, Inc.
📈 Low-Priced Small Caps — No news attached — a flow move, not a catalyst.
- PURR +12.8% — Hyperliquid Strategies Inc.
- BULL +11.1% — Webull Corporation
- ASST +10.3% — Strive, Inc.
- AUR +8.0% — Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- ESTC +7.3% — Elastic N.V.
- BTG +5.1% — B2Gold Corp.
- RKT +4.8% — Rocket Companies, Inc.3. What drove the upside
- HPE CEO on AI boom: 'Customers are buying everything'
- IREN obtains $2.4B private credit financing to buy Nvidia chips
- QC Ware and IonQ Demonstrate High-Precision Hybrid Quantum Workflow for Drug Discovery
- Crypto Mining Stocks Rally as Bitcoin Hovers Around $80K: MARA Jumps 7%, TeraWulf and IREN Climb 5%4. What weighed on it
- CPB −7.0% — The Campbell's Company
- KHC −3.2% — The Kraft Heinz Company
- One group moved with no news attached — flow, not a catalyst.5. How this was built
Warrants and leveraged ETFs were removed before grouping — they crowd out the underlying names they track. 50 tickers survived that filter.
Every number here comes from market data. The theme names and the one-line explanations are written from the day's headlines — where a group moved with no headline behind it, we say so rather than inventing a reason.
This is an observation of what moved, not advice and not a recommendation. This tells you where attention went today; it does not tell you what happens next.