Kraken is preparing to reintroduce its app with agentic trading at its core, a development that could mark the next major competitive battleground for crypto exchanges, the company told CNBC exclusively. Agentic trading is when AI agents autonomously make trading decisions, execute transactions and potentially manage portfolios, based on human inputs. Unlike traditional automated systems…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Tuesday that the company will cut roughly 14% of its workforce, or about 700 employees, citing a combination of market volatility and AI quickly changing how the company operates. The move comes ahead of Coinbase’s first-quarter earnings, which the company is scheduled to report Thursday. Shares fell 3% midday, after…
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…
Alphabet ‘s Google has moved beyond the search bar, positioning itself as the lead architect of “agentic commerce.” In this new world, AI not only suggests what you buy but executes the purchase for you. For years, online retail has operated under a predictable platform: Shoppers search, click through the results, and complete checkout on…
Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Coinbase is gearing up to launch an in-house prediction market, powered by Kalshi, a source close to the matter told CNBC — a strategic play to expand the number of asset classes available on the cryptocurrency exchange at a time when some investors are shying away from…
Representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency in this illustration taken Sept. 10, 2025. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Bitcoin dipped below $95,000 on Friday, pushing the world’s oldest cryptocurrency further into the red and continuing its four-day decline amid a broader artificial intelligence-linked stock pullback. The digital asset was last trading at $94,896.03, down 3.5% on the day….
Pattern Group, one of the leading resellers on Amazon, took the plunge into the public markets on Friday, and saw its stock slip in its Nasdaq debut. Trading under the ticker “PTRN,” the stock opened at $13.50 after the company sold shares at $14 in its IPO, the middle of the expected range. Pattern’s offering…
The StubHub logo is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Online ticket platform StubHub is pricing its IPO at $23.50, CNBC’s Leslie Picker confirmed on Tuesday. The pricing comes at the midpoint of the expected range that the company gave last week. At $23.50, the pricing…
Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder and president of Gemini Trust Co., left, and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder and CEO of Gemini Trust Co., on stage during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 27, 2025. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Winklevoss twins, whose cryptocurrency company Gemini Space Station is going public, don’t…
