By Nate WolfShares of Visa and Mastercard were sliding Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported that Walmart and Amazon.com, among other merchants, have been considering issuing their own stablecoins to customers, a move that could siphon revenu

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $1947.90 today or 1.79% to $106827.33Down two consecutive days, down 2.49% over this periodUp 1.97% month-to-dateUp 14.36% year-to-dateDown 4.61% from its all-time intraday high of $111986.44 on May 22, 2025Up 60.

1135 GMT - A weaker dollar, combined with an improvement in investors' appetite for taking risks, could help to lift bitcoin again, says LMAX Group's Joel Kruger in a note. Bitcoin falls 1.7% to 107,028 due to trade uncertainty and concerns about Mid

By Brian SwintGameStop, the videogame retailer that became famous as a meme stock in the Covid-19 pandemic, was plunging early Thursday.The main reason is because it announced plans to raise money that could be used to fund its new corporate strategy

By Elsa Ohlen and George GloverBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell early Thursday, with the world's largest digital coin stopping short of another all-time high after edging closer to a record over the past few days.Bitcoin traded at $107,736 Thu

By Dow Jones Newswires StaffStock markets had a muted start to Thursday, with U.S. stock futures down a touch, a narrowly mixed close in Asia and a weaker open across European markets.Elements driving risk-off sentiment included rising geopolitical t

0841 GMT - Bitcoin falls as concerns about trade and geopolitical tensions rattle risk sentiment, sending equity markets lower. Investors are concerned about the lack of detail emerging from this week's U.S.-China trade deal. Concerns about Middle Ea

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $781.48 today or 0.71% to $108775.24Snaps a five day winning streakUp 3.83% month-to-dateUp 16.44% year-to-dateDown 2.87% from its all-time intraday high of $111986.44 on May 22, 2025Up 60.96% from 52 weeks ago (J

Ethereum is up $41.20 today or 1.49% to $2815.53Highest 5 p.m. level since Feb. 3, 2025, when it traded at $2817.99Up six consecutive days, up 17.35% over this periodLongest winning streak since Nov. 11, 2024, when it rose for 7 straight trading days

Andrew BaryMicroStrategy's new $1.1 billion preferred stock deal has rallied in its initial day of Nasdaq trading but still yields above 11%.The new 10% preferred deal, which is junior to two other offerings this year, is known as STRD, pronounced "s

Ethereum is up $181.66 today or 7.01% to $2774.33Highest 5 p.m. level since Feb. 23, 2025, when it traded at $2807.77Largest percentage increase since May 13, 2025 when it gained 8.17%Up five consecutive days, up 15.63% over this periodLongest winnin

Over time, bitcoin has proven to be a better hedge against inflation than many other asset classes, even gold, says the Bitcoin Treasury Corporation's Elliot Johnson in a note. "It remains the best-performing asset over five years, up more than 1,000

By George GloverBitcoin was rising on Tuesday, but the cryptocurrency will likely need more macroeconomic catalysts to emerge if it's able to hang onto those gains.The world's largest token by market capitalization was up 2.2% over the past 24 hours

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is up $2315.76 today or 2.18% to $108668.42Highest 4 p.m. level since May 27, 2025 when it traded at $109922.47Up four consecutive days, up 6.64% over this periodLongest winning streak since May 22, 2025 when it rose for

Michael Saylor is the type of personality that could sustain interest in companies that buy bitcoin, Cantor's Brett Knoblauch said. "Businesses Are Bingeing on Crypto," at 5:30 a.m. incorrectly attributed to Knoblauch a reference to Twenty One Capita

Paul R. La MonicaCrypto mania is back. And Circle Internet Group, a leader in the world of stablecoins, is hoping to benefit from the rebound.Circle, which plans to list 32 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday under the ticker symbo

Crypto markets have suffered headwinds from cautious market sentiment, says LMAX Group's Joel Kruger in a note. U.S. listed spot bitcoin ETFs record a third day of net outflows. Economic pressures, U.S.-China trade tensions and looming tariff hikes c

By Kelly CloonanWindtree Therapeutics plans to create a policy that will allow it to accept cryptocurrency payments and hold cryptocurrency as an asset.Chief Executive Jed Latkin said Tuesday the policy is part of the biotechnology company's new stra

Bitcoin rises, recovering from recent falls. Falls in equities amid trade-policy uncertainties help to lift the cryptocurrency. However, market positioning suggests that crypto assets aren't receiving a big lift from risk aversion, Saxo analysts say.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $692.99 today or 0.66% to $104483.75Lowest 4 p.m. level since May 18, 2025 when it traded at $103945.16Snaps a two day winning streakUp 11.85% year-to-dateDown 6.06% from its all-time high of $111226.68 on May 22,