Live updates: Bitcoin holds near $64,000 as Microsoft's AI payoff lifts stocks

AI Summary S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 contracts rose 0.4% after the index had slipped into a correction, with Microsoft up 8% in premarket after its cloud unit grew at the fastest pace in four years while it held the line on spending. fulltext: 239 chars | fulltext source: rss-fallback | summary method: extractive Original: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/30/live-updates-bitcoin-holds-near-usd64-000-as-microsoft-s-ai-payoff-lifts-stocks Source: CoinDesk