Soft landing hit by minor turbulence

Soft landing hit by minor turbulence

Dockworkers strike at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, on October 1, 2024.  Mark Felix | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Bitcoin tumbles to $60,000 level as Middle East tensions heighten

Bitcoin tumbles to ,000 level as Middle East tensions heighten

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies slid on Tuesday night, with bitcoin dropping back to the $60,000 level after a shaky start to what is usually one of its strongest months. The flagship crypto was last off by nearly 4% at $60,972.62, according to Coin Metrics. Around 4:45 p.m. Eastern time, bitcoin slid … Read more

Bitcoin and crypto stocks sink after last week’s rally

Bitcoin and crypto stocks sink after last week’s rally

Bitcoin. Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin and crypto stocks retreated on the final trading day of September, following a rally last week, but are still poised to post a positive month. The flagship cryptocurrency was last lower by 3.5% at $63,612.63, after briefly reclaiming the $65,000 level last week, according to Coin Metrics. Crypto stocks … Read more

How to invest for a lower interest rate environment

How to invest for a lower interest rate environment

It could be time to rethink popular portfolio strategies for a lower interest rate environment. The Federal Reserve’s half-percent rate cut on Wednesday marked the first time in more than four years it moved to lower the benchmark interest rate. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, investors should start thinking about how the changing … Read more

Bitcoin and crypto stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates half a point

Bitcoin and crypto stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates half a point

Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies rose as part of a broad market rally Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a half percentage point reduction in interest rates, the first in more than four years. The price of bitcoin was recently higher by 3.5% at $62,417.48, according to Coin Metrics, building … Read more

Bitcoin climbs above $60,000 ahead of Fed rate decision

Bitcoin climbs above ,000 ahead of Fed rate decision

Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin reclaimed $60,000 on Tuesday as investors awaited details of the Federal Reserve’s rate cutting plans. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 4.3% at $60,394.41, according to Coin Metrics. At one point, it rose as high as $61,335.83. It got an initial lift on … Read more

Crypto spend on election hits $190 million, led by Winklevoss twins

Crypto spend on election hits 0 million, led by Winklevoss twins

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a cryptocurrency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are the biggest individual crypto donors this election … Read more

Bitcoin network hits record hash rate, profits falling for miners

Bitcoin network hits record hash rate, profits falling for miners

A bitcoin sign is seen in the main hall during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Cherry | Getty Images It was a week of extremes for bitcoin enthusiasts. On the plus side, the cryptocurrency rose 12% in the past seven days and the network hash … Read more

Ripple’s XRP jumps as much as 9% as Grayscale introduces XRP trust that could pave way for an ETF

Ripple’s XRP jumps as much as 9% as Grayscale introduces XRP trust that could pave way for an ETF

In this photo illustration of the ripple cryptocurrency ‘altcoin’ sits arranged for a photograph on April 25, 2018 in London, England.  Jack Taylor | Getty Images News | Getty Images The price of Ripple’s XRP token jumped Thursday after Grayscale announced the launch of a new trust that gives accredited investors direct exposure to the … Read more

Bitcoin may soon hit six figures regardless of election, investors say

Bitcoin may soon hit six figures regardless of election, investors say

Despite the increasingly partisan sentiment in the cryptocurrency industry, bitcoin will thrive over the long term regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election in November. That’s a view many crypto investors are coming to accept, as the wave of optimism spurred by former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto overtures this summer starts to recede. “Do … Read more