This photograph taken on Jan. 21, 2026 shows signage of the Coinbase logo during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images As bitcoin prices fell yet again in the second quarter, traders on prediction market platform Kalshi think Coinbase’s trading volumes suffered once again. The cryptocurrency…
Kalshi’s logo appears on a smartphone placed on a reflective surface, with a blurry betting curve projected in the background in Creteil, France, on March 9, 2026, during a major scandal and $54 million lawsuit concerning bets related to recent strikes in Iran. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The 2026 FIFA World Cup has…
F/m Investments’ Washington, D.C., office is just a short drive from the Federal Reserve‘s headquarters. But under the central bank’s new leadership, CEO Alexander Morris has found the distance feeling far greater. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh embarked on an overhaul of the central bank’s forward-looking communication since taking the post in May. That move sounded…
Shoppers during the grand opening of an Olive Young store in Pasadena, California, May 29, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Olive Young opened its first U.S. outpost in late May, shoppers were already camping out, and the line spanned multiple blocks. On opening weekend, the leading South Korean beauty retailer’s new…
Billboards in Times Square celebrate the SpaceX IPO debut at the Nasdaq on June 12th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Good times for SpaceX are proving short-lived as Elon Musk’s intergalactic IPO is now giving fodder to bears who said the U.S. stock market wasn’t ready for a $2 trillion market-cap injection. Shares of the…
A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Short sellers are rapidly increasing their bets against SpaceX, driving bearish positioning to nearly one-third of the company’s public float as the…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that it’s time for companies to prove artificial intelligence is paying off. “I need cold hard return facts,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Or, I, too, will grow more skeptical than I am now.” The AI boom has fueled massive spending by technology companies, and there’s no end in sight….
Soccer fans gather for a watch party during the World Cup semifinal match between Spain and France at China Basin Park in San Francisco, July 14, 2026. Heather Diehl | Getty Images While the FIFA World Cup provided a tourism boost to host cities, its positive impact was mitigated by economic weakness seen elsewhere, according…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that today’s stock market is nowhere near the kind of bubble that preceded the dot-com crash. While companies such as SpaceX may fuel perceptions of excess, Cramer argued they are exceptions to the rule, rather than representative of the broader market. “There are always outliers,” the “Mad Money” host said….
Warren Buffett speaks with CNBC during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 2, 2026. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett omitted the Gates Foundation from his annual charitable stock gifts, directing all of this year’s donations to four family-linked foundations. Berkshire Hathaway said the 95-year-old chairman will donate 9…
