A bitcoin comeback may be underway. Just as the cryptocurrency was kicking off its latest winning week, ProShares’ Simeon Hyman was emphasizing a bullish bitcoin trend on CNBC’s “ETF Edge.” “If you look at bitcoin, it’s up a little bit and equities are down [since the Iran war began,]” the firm’s global investment strategist said…
Bitcoin fell more than 5% to below $65,000 on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to raise global tariffs to 15%. The drop came as Asian equities rose in early trade, underscoring crypto’s divergence from regional stock markets amid renewed tariff uncertainty. Bitcoin has seen a sharp sell-off since October last year when…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and ranking member of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, Feb. 5, 2026. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to confirm that they will not “use taxpayer…
David Solomon, CEO Goldman Sachs, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2026. Oscar Molina | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Wednesday “it is very, very important that we codify a rule-based system” for how cryptocurrency and related financial instruments will operate” in the…
Bitcoin’s massive slump from a record price above $126,000 last October has darkened sentiment across the crypto landscape. Faith has been shaken in a trade that was viewed as a digital rival to gold as a store of value, and by some others as a risk-on asset that would continue to boom alongside a crypto-friendly…
INDIA – 2025/05/22: In this photo illustration, a Bitcoin logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with the Hong Kong flag in the background. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Hong Kong’s central bank is pressing ahead with plans to issue an initial batch of…
Bitcoin tumbled toward $60,000 this week as investors reassessed its utility. And while there isn’t one clear catalyst driving the bloodbath, one thing is clear: the crypto market is in crisis. “There’s nothing going on in the marketplace that should have necessitated this type of a crash,” Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of alternative…
Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin bounced off its recent low on Friday after narrowly avoiding falling below the key $60,000 mark, but some market commentators suggested there’s more selling to come. Late on Thursday, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell below $61,000 and hovered just above the $60,000 mark. As of 4:54 a.m….
Bitcoin briefly dropped below $70,000 on Thursday amid a broader sell-off of risk assets. The move, which happened around 6:27 a.m. ET, was the first time bitcoin fell below $70,000 since November 2024. Bitcoin bounced off that low and was trading at around 70,453.68 at 6:40 a.m. ET, according to CoinMetrics data. Some market watchers…
Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin extended losses on Monday as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025. Bitcoin was trading at $77,494.65 at 05:43 a.m. ET on Monday, according to CoinMetrics. Bitcoin fell as low as $74,876 but later pared some of the losses. The…
