‘Roaring Kitty’ gets chewed up

‘Roaring Kitty’ gets chewed up

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on Nov. 10, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images What you need to know today This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on … Read more

IRS releases final crypto tax reporting guidance

IRS releases final crypto tax reporting guidance

Recep-bg | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Friday released final tax reporting rules for digital asset brokers — and crypto investors have limited time to prepare, experts say. Mandatory yearly reporting will phase in starting in 2026, with digital currency brokers required to cover gross proceeds from … Read more

Crypto firm Circle gets French license for stablecoin

Crypto firm Circle gets French license for stablecoin

Launched in 2018 by crypto firm Circle, USDC is now the second-biggest stablecoin globally, with more than $30 billion worth of tokens in circulation. Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrency firm Circle said Monday it’s now registered as an electronic money institution, or EMI, in France, granting the firm a key license to become a compliant … Read more

Mt. Gox about to unload $9 billion of bitcoin — what it means for BTC

Mt. Gox about to unload  billion of bitcoin — what it means for BTC

Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images A bitcoin exchange that collapsed 10 years ago after being hacked is set to return billions of dollars’ worth of the token to users — and it has investors worried. In a few days, bankrupt Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox will begin paying back thousands of users … Read more

U.S. seeks Boeing guilty plea

U.S. seeks Boeing guilty plea

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 3.8% in the first six months of the year, lagging way behind the Nasdaq, up 18.1%, and the S&P 500, which jumped 14.5% — as investors plowed into artificial intelligence-related stocks. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

Bitcoin: ‘Boring’ Bitcoin sends weekend trading volume to all-time lows

Bitcoin: ‘Boring’ Bitcoin sends weekend trading volume to all-time lows

The proportion of Bitcoin traded over weekends has declined to an all-time low of 16% this year, according to cryptocurrency research firm Kaiko. The drop comes in the wake of the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded-funds, which appears to have shifted the periods when Bitcoin is traded to be more in line with the schedule … Read more

Bitcoin windfall comes for Mt. Gox creditors after 10,000% price spike

Bitcoin windfall comes for Mt. Gox creditors after 10,000% price spike

Users of collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox have been trying to get their money back for a decade. From the beginning of July, the company will begin paying users back their funds. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mt. Gox, the Japanese bitcoin exchange that collapsed into bankruptcy a decade ago after a major … Read more

SEC sues ethereum company Consensys, expanding industrywide crackdown

SEC sues ethereum company Consensys, expanding industrywide crackdown

Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of blockchain firm ConsenSys. Riccardo Savi | Getty Images for Concordia Summit Crypto firm Consensys has been added to the SEC’s list of targets, as the regulator continues its industrywide crackdown. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday sued Consensys in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, over … Read more

Inside a Violent Gang’s Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree

Inside a Violent Gang’s Ruthless Crypto-Stealing Home Invasion Spree

She refused to give up her password, and was, according to the prosecutors’ description, so demoralized by the earlier hacking theft of the majority of her funds that she told the men to simply shoot her. Instead, they stole her engagement ring, two iPhones, a laptop, the charger for the neurostimulator used by the other … Read more

Crypto catches M&A frenzy as bitcoin miners chase AI boom

Crypto catches M&A frenzy as bitcoin miners chase AI boom

Whinstone CEO Chad Harris takes CNBC on a tour of the largest bitcoin mine in North America. Crypto companies are suddenly at the center of deal-making. The catalyst is artificial intelligence. Bitcoin mining companies have expansive data centers, with access to fiber lines and large amounts of power across the U.S. They’re exactly the types … Read more