Kraken is one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg via Getty Images Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi reiterated Tuesday that the crypto exchange has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering. In November 2025, CNBC reported Kraken was planning its debut. Separately, Kraken said in a blog post at the time…
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Nasdaq brought its market open festivities to Apple’s sprawling Silicon Valley headquarters on Tuesday, the eve of the company’s 50th birthday. From a desk inside Apple Park, the ring-shaped campus that Steve Jobs spent his last years helping design, Tim Cook rang the opening bell and, in the process, ushered in the…
Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Coinbase received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, to operate as a trust bank, the company said Thursday. If finalized, the crypto exchange will be able to operate payment products in addition to its custody business under federal supervision, Coinbase’s…
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…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is indicating an openness to work with Wall Street on emerging exchange-traded fund products tied to cryptocurrencies and tokenization. “We want to work with people on new products,” Peirce said during an exclusive interview this week with “ETF Edge” host Dominic Chu. “It really is a come in and talk to…
CHENGDU, CHINA – MARCH 18: Apple CEO Tim Cook attends a special event marking Apple’s 50th anniversary at the Apple Taikoo Li Chengdu store on March 18, 2026 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. VCG | Getty Images Tim Cook touched down in Chengdu, China, this week for an Apple Store event tied to the…
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…
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Block, listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images The tech industry has spent the last couple years debating whether artificial intelligence will actually eliminate jobs at scale or simply be used as an excuse for companies to…
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the Galaxy S26 series, its latest flagship smartphone lineup that puts Alphabet‘s Gemini artificial intelligence front and center. It gives the search giant’s AI technology a major mobile foothold just before it’s expected to power a revamped Siri on Apple‘s iPhones. The S26 is notable for the sheer number of AI…
Bitcoin tumbled more than 5% to fall below $64,000 on Tuesday as investors continued to grapple with escalating tariff tensions and broader geopolitical risks. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as low as $63,396 amid investor pressure to move away from risk assets. “The move lower in bitcoin looks less like a crypto‑specific shock and more…
