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Ten stocks kicked off the first trading day of the year soaring by double digits, tracking the rally in AI stocks and beneficiary industries, namely energy and high-performance computing, among others.

In contrast, Wall Street’s three major indices finished mixed, with the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 the only gainers, up 0.66 percent and 0.19 percent, respectively. The Nasdaq dipped by 0.03 percent.

Indices aside, we spotlight the names of the 10 top-performing stocks on Friday and detail the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on stocks with a market capitalization of at least $2 billion.

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10. CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK)

CleanSpark snapped a six-day losing streak on Friday, jumping 14.13 percent to close at $11.55 apiece as investors took heart from higher Bitcoin prices while repositioning portfolios ahead of its mining report for the December and full-year 2025 periods.

After the US markets officially closed the trading week, investor funds shifted to Bitcoin, supporting the latter’s return to the $90,000 level before trimming gains to trade back to the $89,000 as of writing (5 PM EST).

The rally spilled over to Bitcoin mining firms such as CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK), MARA Holdings Inc., Hut 8 Corp., American Bitcoin Corp., Bitdeer Technologies, and Bitfarms, among others.

Based on its historical reporting dates, CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) is set to announce the results of its December and full-year Bitcoin mining update on Monday, January 5.

In November alone, CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) said that it was able to mine 587 Bitcoins, bringing its total ownership to 13,054 units as of the said period.

It also sold 565.41 units at an average price of $91,979 for a total earnings of $52 million.

CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) is originally a Bitcoin mining firm that is slowly transitioning to AI servicing through high-performance computing (HPC).

9. Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD)

Applied Digital rallied for a second day on Friday, surging 14.64 percent to close at $28.11 apiece as investors poured funds back into artificial intelligence players and industries riding the wave, despite the lack of fresh catalysts.

In recent news, Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) successfully spun off its cloud computing and data center businesses as part of its efforts to create separate platforms that would focus on its core strengths.

The initiative was implemented through a merger with EKSO Bionics Holdings Inc., an exoskeleton technology firm for medical and industrial uses, which will eventually be renamed ChronoScale and focus solely on an accelerated compute platform for AI workloads.

Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) would own 97 percent of the combined firm, while EKSO Bionics would explore potential buyers for the sale of all or a substantial chunk of its business and assets.

“As enterprise and AI-native demand for GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure continues to grow rapidly, the proposed transaction is intended to create a focused platform designed to deliver high-performance compute at scale in a capacity-constrained market,” Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) said.

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The $250 Trillion AI Hype is Real. A few years from now, you’ll probably wish you’d bought this stock.

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.

Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.

At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000.

Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040.

Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:

  • 175 Teslas
  • 107 Amazons
  • 140 Metas
  • 84 Googles
  • 65 Microsofts
  • And 55 Nvidias

And here’s the wild part — this $250 trillion wave isn’t tied to one company, but to an entire ecosystem of AI innovators set to reshape the global economy.

It’s a leap so massive, it could reshape how businesses, governments, and consumers operate worldwide.

Even if that $250 trillion figure sounds ambitious, major firms like PwC and McKinsey still see AI unlocking multi-trillion-dollar potential.

How could anything be worth that much?

The answer lies in a breakthrough so powerful it’s redefining how humanity works, learns, and creates.

And this breakthrough has already set off a frenzy among hedge funds and Wall Street’s top investors.

What most investors don’t realize is that one under-owned company holds the key to this $250 trillion revolution.

In fact, Verge argues this company’s supercheap AI technology should concern rivals.

Before I reveal the details, let’s talk about how some of the richest people on the planet are positioning themselves.

  • Bill Gates sees artificial intelligence as the “biggest technological advance in my lifetime,” more transformative than the internet or personal computer, capable of improving healthcare, education, and addressing climate change.
  • Larry Ellison — through Oracle, is spending billions on Nvidia chips and partnering with Cohere to embed generative AI across Oracle’s cloud and apps.
  • Warren Buffett — not known for tech hype — says this breakthrough could have a ‘hugely beneficial social impact.

When billionaires from Silicon Valley to Wall Street line up behind the same idea — you know it’s worth paying attention to.

Even as we admire what Tesla, Nvidia, Alphabet, and Microsoft have built, we believe an even greater opportunity lies elsewhere…

But the real story isn’t Nvidia — it’s a much smaller company quietly improving the critical technology that makes this entire revolution possible.

And judging by what I’m hearing from both Silicon Valley insiders and Wall Street veterans…

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