Bitcoin
Wall Street launches new ways to bet on bitcoin
For years, bitcoin won by being boring. Investors weren’t able to do all that much with it besides buy and hold it. But that was precisely why the world’s largest cryptocurrency was valuable. It was a commodity, like gold — or corn. It didn’t get too fancy on its offerings. In fact, bitcoin’s core team […]
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Bitcoin vs. gold: State Street worries the crypto rally’s allure is distracting precious metal investors
The bitcoin rally is generating a false sense of security among investors, according to the strategist behind the so-called granddaddy of gold exchange-traded funds. State Street Global Advisors’ George Milling-Stanley warns cryptocurrency plays don’t offer the stability of gold. “Bitcoin, pure and simple, it’s a return play, and I think that people have been jumping […]
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How tech bros bought ‘America’s most pro-crypto Congress ever’
Bernie Moreno, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, attends a campaign event in Holland, Ohio, on Saturday, October 26, 2024. Moreno is running against Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Prior to announcing his Senate candidacy in April 2023, Bernie Moreno was a political no name. A former […]
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The case for altcoins and memes as bitcoin, now approaching $100,000, faces a potential correction
With bitcoin closing in slowly on $100,000 this week, the crypto market saw a big rotation into other cryptocurrencies, or “altcoins” on Thursday following the resignation announcement of Gary Gensler , the current chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission whose regulation-by-enforcement approach to crypto has made him a villain to the industry. There are […]
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Bitcoin climbs, reaching a new all-time high above $97,000
Bitcoin breached the $95,000 level for the first time Wednesday evening as investors continued pricing in a second Donald Trump presidency. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 3% at $97,646.68, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $97,788.00. Shares of MicroStrategy, a bitcoin proxy, gained 3% […]
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FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoids prison time for role in crypto fraud
Gary Wang, a former executive of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who testified against founder Sam Bankman-Fried, attends his sentencing on fraud charges at the United States District Court in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., November 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Gary Wang, co-founder and ex-technology chief of FTX, was sentenced Wednesday to time […]
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Bitcoin rises to a fresh record above $94,000 as investors watch Trump transition, ETF options
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin advanced past $94,000 on Wednesday for the first time as traders continued to monitor President-elect Donald Trump’s transition back to the White House and weighed early options trading on bitcoin ETFs. The price of the cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 1% at $94,461.75, according to […]
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Bitcoin ETF options begin trading, ushering in a new way for investors to hedge their bitcoin exposure
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Options on BlackRock’s popular iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) began trading on the Nasdaq Tuesday, ushering in a new way to trade and speculate on the price of bitcoin. IBIT traded 73,000 options contracts in the first 60 mins of trading Tuesday, Nasdaq told CNBC, placing the fund in […]
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Bitcoin edges higher as tensions mount between Ukraine and Russia
Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images Bitcoin moved higher on Tuesday even as other risk assets sold off amid rising geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by less than 1% at $92,003.28, according to Coin Metrics, just below the all-time high of $93,469.08 reached last […]
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BlackRock expands its tokenized money market fund to Polygon and other blockchains
The BlackRock logo is pictured outside the company’s headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 25, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters BlackRock has expanded its tokenized money market fund to include several more blockchains. The investment manager said Wednesday that its USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) is now available to […]
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