Block, Inc. Class A Common Stock (XYZ)

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Block stock jumped after it said it was laying off nearly half of its workforce.

Market players were worried that disruption is coming for the finance industry, and soon.

There is mounting fear that the company might not do well in the age of AI.

American Express got hit on Friday as investors started taking fresh headlines about AI-driven workforce cuts more seriously.

Block (XYZ) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Mass layoffs have already ignited a debate over whether Block’s reset is AI-driven efficiency or a COVID hiring hangover.

Data from Stocktwits showed that retail sentiment on SPY has moved to ‘bullish’, while it remained ‘bearish’ on QQQ.

While Jack Dorsey defends the move to lay off people as a necessity of the current times, users on Stocktwits and X are raising concerns about the job cuts.

Dorsey said that Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company and a significantly smaller team, using the tools the company is building, can do more and do it better.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) has posted its results for the fourth quarter of 2025 on the Financials section of its Investor Relations website at investors.block.xyz. Block will host a conference call and earnings webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time today to discuss these financial results.