SEC issues Wells notice to NFT marketplace OpenSea

SEC issues Wells notice to NFT marketplace OpenSea

In this photo illustration an OpenSea logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background. Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Crypto marketplace OpenSea has been added to the SEC’s list of targets, as the regulator extends its crackdown on the sector. The company’s CEO said in a post on … Read more

Bitcoin rally helps create 84,000 new crypto billionaires in a year

Bitcoin rally helps create 84,000 new crypto billionaires in a year

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is on display in Paris, France, on March 5, 2024. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images The population of crypto millionaires in the world soared 95% over the past year as bitcoin exchange-traded funds and other crypto assets climbed, according to … Read more

Trump ‘orange-pilled’ by three bitcoiners in Puerto Rico, $100 million

Trump ‘orange-pilled’ by three bitcoiners in Puerto Rico, 0 million

Former President Donald Trump’s photograph is seen on a digital display outside of the venue ahead of his afternoon keynote speech on the final day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.  Jon Cherry | Getty Images News | Getty Images NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A block away … Read more

Wyoming is pushing crypto payments, trying to beat the Fed to a digital dollar

Wyoming is pushing crypto payments, trying to beat the Fed to a digital dollar

Long gone are the days when venture capital was flowing into fintech startups with bold ideas — and little to show in terms of business metrics and fundamentals. Bloomberg | Getty Images As crypto investing becomes more mainstream and institutionalized with bitcoin ETFs, Wyoming is already pushing into the next phase of growth for crypto: … Read more

Crypto companies are pouring money into 2024 election: Public Citizen

Crypto companies are pouring money into 2024 election: Public Citizen

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024.  Marco Bello | Reuters As the 2024 U.S. elections reach their home stretch, crypto companies are opening their wallets to try and influence the results. Nearly half of all the corporate money flowing into … Read more

Bitcoin plunged 28%. Institutional investors bought the dip

Bitcoin plunged 28%. Institutional investors bought the dip

The crypto markets appear calm heading into the weekend after a volatile week that tested how institutional investors new to the crypto trade would react to the mammoth swings that are old hat for more seasoned digital currency investors. The selloff in bitcoin and ether began earlier this week and wiped out $367 billion in … Read more

Bitcoin rises slightly as crypto and other risk assets look to rebound from sell-off

Bitcoin rises slightly as crypto and other risk assets look to rebound from sell-off

Cryptocurrencies on Tuesday recovered some of the previous day’s losses after bitcoin briefly fell under $50,000 for the first time in six months. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 3.5% at $55,051.74, according to Coin Metrics. Ether, rose more than 2% to $2,457.73. Markets broadly bounced early Tuesday, including stocks tied … Read more

AAPL, AMZN, INTC and more

AAPL, AMZN, INTC and more

Customers are trying on and learning about Apple Vision Pro headsets at an Apple store in Shanghai, China, on July 22, 2024.  Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Apple — Shares of the iPhone maker inched higher, as the company beat analysts’ estimates on the top … Read more

P&G’s rally signals economic worries are back — plus, we’re downgrading a consumer stock

P&G’s rally signals economic worries are back — plus, we’re downgrading a consumer stock

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks tumble: It’s another tough day on Wall Street with the S & P 500 giving back roughly all its gains from Wednesday and for the … Read more

Crypto slides to begin August trading, nearly erasing its July gain

Crypto slides to begin August trading, nearly erasing its July gain

A visual representation of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin on November 20, 2018 in London, England. Jordan Mansfield | Getty Images Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Bitcoin tumbles with stocks on Thursday Disappointing data out Thursday fueled investor worries that the U.S. economy could be at risk of a recession – a day after the Federal Reserve … Read more