Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Prediction markets platform Polymarket is expanding into trading of perpetual futures contacts, the company said Tuesday. The announcement comes on the heels of a report from The Information that its main rival Kalshi has plans to offer crypto trading, including perpetuals. These are futures contracts that stay open…
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…
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…
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…
Fannie Mae will now accept crypto-backed mortgages via a new product by mortgage company Better Home and Finance and Coinbase. It’s not the first crypto backed mortgage, but it is the first accepted by Fannie Mae, which is under government conservatorship. The offering allows homebuyers to use their crypto assets as collateral. Fannie Mae will…
Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates Lacy O’Toole | CNBC But in a major article this week, the Times says that over the past two years, “there has been a growing backlash from the billionaires who are its target donors,” including a “quiet campaign by one pro-Trump tech billionaire to destroy it.” Peter Thiel tells the Times he has privately…
A view of the Mastercard company logo on its stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 1, 2017. Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty Images Mastercard on Tuesday said it agreed to acquire BVNK, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. It’s the payment network’s…
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 1, 2026, on his way back to Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind crypto firms in their high-stakes battle with U.S. banks over…
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…
The Club’s top 10 things to watch Friday, Feb. 13 — Today’s newsletter was written by Jeff Marks , the Club’s director of portfolio analysis. 1. Stock futures are little changed this morning after the January consumer price index report came in slightly cooler than expected. CPI rose 2.4% year over year, down from 2.7%…
