The creator economy is taking center stage.

Forbes unveiled its Top Creators 2026 list today, and for the first time, the 50 most powerful influencers collectively brought in over a billion dollars—an 80% surge from when the list debuted in 2022. At the top of the list is MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, whose earnings total $300 million.

These out-of-the-box entertainers continue to expand their brands and empires, like YouTuber Dhar Mann, who recently signed a deal with Fox Entertainment to produce vertical dramas. “The greatest thing that happened to me was that I had no traditional studio or filmmaking experience,” he says.

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SpaceX’s selloff stretched into a third day Monday, wiping out all of its growth following a record-setting IPO and tanking Elon Musk’s fortune by more than $300 billion.

President Donald Trump claimed that Iran agreed to resume allowing international nuclear inspectors into the country, but Iran denied making any new commitments.

Global markets and U.S. futures slumped early on Tuesday, led by a major selloff in tech and chip stocks amid concerns about the recent AI-driven stock rally and potential high U.S. interest rates.

Shares of Getty Images surged 90% Monday after the company announced a deal with OpenAI to integrate its digital image libraries into ChatGPT, despite previously suing Stability AI for alleged copyright infringement. ChatGPT will be able to use Getty’s vast image archive to generate visual responses, though it’s unclear whether the chatbot will be able to alter its images in any way.

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