Morgan Stanley’s office in Canary Wharf financial district on Jan. 30, 2025 in London, UK. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Morgan Stanley on Friday told its financial advisors that the firm was broadening access to crypto investments to all clients and allowing such investments in any type of account, including retirement accounts,…
BVNK co-founders (L to R) Donald Jackson, Jesse Hemson-Struthers and Chris Harmes, at the company’s San Francisco Office. BVNK Citi has invested in stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK, the startup told CNBC on Thursday, as big U.S. banks ramp up their presence in the cryptocurrency and digital asset space. Stablecoins are a type of digital asset…
Guillaume Pousaz, CEO and founder of payment platform Checkout.com, speaking at the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2022. Horacio Villalobos | Getty Images LONDON — Fintech unicorn Checkout.com is giving staff a way of cashing in their shares: buying them out. The London-headquartered payments platform said Friday that it plans to…
Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns looks on during the second half against the Houston Rockets at PHX Arena on March 30, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. Chris Coduto | Getty Images NBA superstar Kevin Durant can’t find the password to his Coinbase account, which holds bitcoin that he began buying in earnest when he…
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, February 26, 2024. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Senate is still ironing out its version of regulatory oversight for crypto and digital assets, but it’s another step closer. Senators on Friday updated the draft of a major…
Romain Costaseca | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin edged higher on Tuesday as stocks fell and gold shot to a new record. The price of so-called digital gold rose as much as 2% to reclaim the $111,000 level after dropping over the weekend to a low last seen in July. Spot gold hovered around $3,500…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of ether rebounded to near-record levels on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming rate cuts and investors returned to risk-on mode. The second-largest cryptocurrency was last higher by nearly 14% at $4,817.61, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, ether nearly touched its…
Stablecoin Tether and Circle’s USDC dominate the market. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images The U.K. should establish a national stablecoin strategy to enable adoption of the tokens and avoid falling behind the U.S. on the disruptive new technology, several major crypto firms said Wednesday. In an open letter addressed to Finance Minister Rachel…
Idrees Abbas | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Crypto stocks suffered Tuesday as investors fled tech stocks and riskier corners of the market. Among crypto exchanges, Coinbase and eToro fell more than 5% and 6%, respectively, while Robinhood and Bullish both dropped more than 6%. Crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital tumbled 10%….
People walk past a neon sign advertising a Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto currency exchange in Warsaw, Poland on 19 May, 2024. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin is a stone’s throw from its all-time high after an overnight rally that also propelled ether to levels not seen since 2021. The price of bitcoin…
