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Bitcoin rises to fresh record above 2,000, helped by Nvidia-led tech rally
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Bitcoin rises to fresh record above $112,000, helped by Nvidia-led tech rally

The logo of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin can be seen on a coin in front of a Bitcoin chart. Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a fresh record on Wednesday afternoon as an Nvidia-led rally in equities helped push the price of the cryptocurrency higher into the stock market close. The price […]

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Investors expect bitcoin to break out to new records in the second half from a consolidation phase
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Investors expect bitcoin to break out to new records in the second half from a consolidation phase

Expect bitcoin to reach fresh all-time highs in the second half of the year as corporate treasuries accelerate their bitcoin buying sprees and Congress gets closer to passing crypto legislation, investors say. The cryptocurrency climbed nearly 30% in the second quarter although, strangely, many investors have called it a period of consolidation, with returns declining […]

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Ether and related stocks gain amid the latest crypto craze: Tokenization
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Ether and related stocks gain amid the latest crypto craze: Tokenization

A representation of cryptocurrency Ethereum is placed on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken on June 16, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Stocks tied to the price of ether, better known as ETH, were higher on Wednesday, reflecting renewed enthusiasm for the crypto asset amid a surge of interest in stablecoins and tokenization. BitMine […]

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Public companies bought more bitcoin than ETFs did for the third quarter in a row
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Public companies bought more bitcoin than ETFs did for the third quarter in a row

Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images Corporate treasuries have surpassed ETFs in bitcoin buying for a third consecutive quarter as more companies try to benefit from the MicroStrategy playbook in a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment. Public companies acquired about 131,000 coins in the second quarter, growing their bitcoin balance 18%, according to data provider […]

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Robinhood expands its global push, minutes from crypto chief’s old cramped apartment in Cannes
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Robinhood expands its global push, minutes from crypto chief’s old cramped apartment in Cannes

CANNES — Fifteen years after flipping burgers at a McDonald‘s and teaching himself to code at night in a cramped apartment near the French Riviera, Robinhood crypto chief Johann Kerbrat is back. The last time he lived around Cannes, he was 21 — with no connections, no funding, and no formal business training. But he […]

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Wall Street strategist Tom Lee is aiming to create the MicroStrategy of Ethereum
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Wall Street strategist Tom Lee is aiming to create the MicroStrategy of Ethereum

Tom Lee Adam Jeffery | CNBC Fundstrat’s Tom Lee is joining a little known bitcoin miner aiming to become the biggest publicly traded holder of ether. Lee, a high-profile market strategist known for his prescient bitcoin price forecasts and stock predictions, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of BitMine Immersion Technologies, effective […]

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Bigger bitcoin HODL: Time for 10% to 40% of portfolio in crypto, says financial advisor Ric Edelman
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Bigger bitcoin HODL: Time for 10% to 40% of portfolio in crypto, says financial advisor Ric Edelman

Four years ago, financial advisor Ric Edelman went out on a limb in saying everyone should hold cryptocurrencies. But how much? Low single digits was his recommendation. In his “The Truth about Crypto” book in 2021, Edelman said as low as a 1% allocation was reasonable. A lot has changed. This week, Edelman said financial […]

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Coinbase is the best performing stock in the S&P 500 in June, and may have even more room to run
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Coinbase is the best performing stock in the S&P 500 in June, and may have even more room to run

Coinbase is the top performer in the S&P 500 in June, boosted by positive regulatory updates, product launches and, of course, its very inclusion in the benchmark stock index at the end of May. The crypto exchange’s outperformance in the S&P 500 extends back to the April 8 market low, just after President Donald Trump’s […]

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What’s driving Wall Street stablecoin interest? Trillions, and maybe biggest global money-moving shift since credit cards
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What’s driving Wall Street stablecoin interest? Trillions, and maybe biggest global money-moving shift since credit cards

After a brief pullback this week, shares of stablecoin issuer and recent IPO darling Circle were in rally mode again, soaring double-digits on a percentage basis in trading on Thursday, after having moved up by more than 600% percent since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month.   Bitcoin and ether have […]

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Circle resumes its post-IPO rally after pullback, stablecoin issuer boosts Coinbase
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Circle resumes its post-IPO rally after pullback, stablecoin issuer boosts Coinbase

Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of one of the world’s biggest stablecoins, and Circle Internet Group co-founder Sean Neville react as they ring the opening bell, on the day of the company’s IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stablecoin issuer Circle resumed […]

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