Gywnne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX, celebrates the SpaceX IPO with executives at the Nasdaq on June 12th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC In many ways, SpaceX is a lot like bitcoin: it has no earnings, no yield, is so far extremely volatile, and has about as many haters as it does hardcore believers. …
Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025. After years of bitcoin rewarding those who held through periods of volatility, the selloff is just the latest test of investors’ mettle. But bitcoin’s recent decline doesn’t appear to reflect a fundamental change in the investment, says Daniel…
Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Prediction markets giant Kalshi announced Friday it plans to launch perpetual futures contracts, starting with crypto perpetuals. They will give U.S. traders a regulated alternative to offshore platforms that have dominated this market. Perpetual futures, or “perps,” are futures-style contracts with no fixed expiration date. Traders…
Coinbase posted lower-than-expected results for the first quarter as crypto prices fell, weighing on one of the companies’ major revenue drivers — spot trading in digital assets . Here’s how Coinbase performed in its quarter ended March 31, compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per…
Bitcoin surged in April, but its run could be on shaky ground, according to crypto data provider CryptoQuant. The flagship crypto coin gained 12.7% for the month, registering back-to-back monthly gains and its best month since April 2025. It eked out a nearly 2% gain in March, following five consecutive down months. Ether gained 8%…
Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Charles Schwab is rolling out crypto trading, allowing clients to buy bitcoin and ether through a new arm called Schwab Crypto, the company said Thursday. The move places the brokerage in direct competition with companies like Robinhood, which serves a comparatively younger clientele and also blends…
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy a small crypto investment firm, 250 Digital, which will join its newly established Franklin Crypto unit, as the firm deepens its digital assets push. By bringing 250 in-house, Franklin Templeton hopes to be able to increase its actively managed…
MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami on June 4, 2021. CFOTO | Nurphoto | Getty Images Demand for bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset is once again concentrated in Michael Saylor’s Strategy as the company steps up its bitcoin buying pace. The craze of public companies that once sought…
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…
