Here’s what he told them.

Here’s what he told them.

Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while giving a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee on July 27, 2024. Jon Cherry | Getty Images News | Getty Images NASHVILLE — On Saturday morning at around 11:00 A.M. at the world’s biggest bitcoin conference … Read more

Donald Trump headlines Bitcoin 2024, after a U-turn on crypto

Donald Trump headlines Bitcoin 2024, after a U-turn on crypto

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2024. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images NASHVILLE — Former president Donald Trump headlines the biggest bitcoin conference of the year on Saturday afternoon, as the race to capture the votes and the … Read more

Cryptocurrencies rebound with risk assets Friday after two down days

Cryptocurrencies rebound with risk assets Friday after two down days

Crypto prices rose on Friday following two down days in which investors rotated out of risk assets. Bitcoin was last higher by 4.5% at $67,720.83, according to Coin Metrics, and ether advanced 4% to $3,248.25. In equities, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the broad-market S&P 500 — which suffered their worst single trading day since … Read more

Cryptocurrencies suffer alongside tech stock rout, ether slides 6%

Cryptocurrencies suffer alongside tech stock rout, ether slides 6%

Picture Alliance | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies fell one day after a reversal in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to their worst day since 2022. Bitcoin was lower by 2% at $64,603.34 Thursday, according to Coin Metrics. Disappointing quarterly earnings from Alphabet and Tesla late Tuesday weighed on the rest of the tech sector … Read more

Coinbase UK unit fined $4.5 million by British regulator over ‘high-risk’ customer breaches

Coinbase UK unit fined .5 million by British regulator over ‘high-risk’ customer breaches

Photo Illustrating Coinbase in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China on June 6, 2023 (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images British regulators fined Coinbase’s U.K. arm £3.5 million ($4.5 million) on Thursday over breaching a voluntary agreement designed to stop the cryptocurrency exchange from onboarding “high-risk customers.” Coinbase Global shares … Read more

Trump Bitcoin Conference fundraiser tickets top out at $844,600 for Nashville soiree

Trump Bitcoin Conference fundraiser tickets top out at 4,600 for Nashville soiree

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 22, 2024.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Former President Donald Trump will headline a campaign fundraiser in Nashville on the sidelines of the Bitcoin Conference, where the top ticket is going for $844,600 per person. According to an … Read more

Crypto stocks like Coinbase and Microstrategy soar as bitcoin rallies

Crypto stocks like Coinbase and Microstrategy soar as bitcoin rallies

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 06: In this photo illustration, the Coinbase logo is displayed on a screen on June 06, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. The Securities And Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase for allegedly violating securities laws by acting as an exchange, a broker and a clearing agency … Read more

Bitcoin jumps as markets see increased odds of Trump victory

Bitcoin jumps as markets see increased odds of Trump victory

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a two-week high Monday, as betting markets suggested an increased chance of victory for crypto-friendly candidate Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. The value of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, was up around 4% at  12:25 p.m. London time, to $62,462.46, according to CoinGecko. The rally … Read more

Germany owns $2 billion in bitcoin (BTC). It’s freaking out investors

Germany owns  billion in bitcoin (BTC). It’s freaking out investors

Bitcoin has also been under selling pressure from the German government as well as collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images For weeks now, Germany’s government has been selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin — and it’s been a key factor behind the cryptocurrency’s intense selloff. Last … Read more

Donald Trump, crypto take aim at SEC as Biden allies raise alarms

Donald Trump, crypto take aim at SEC as Biden allies raise alarms

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during his campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters On a cool, sunny June evening in San Francisco, the Pacific Heights mansion of venture capitalist David Sacks was the scene of an event that is rare to see … Read more