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Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Is Disrupting Crypto Trading and Lending
Text size Ethereum’s “Merge” is a hotly anticipated and long-awaited upgrade. Dreamstime Crypto markets linked to Ether are facing disruption as the blockchain network behind the wor...
Bitcoin Prices Are Falling. Why Analysts Say a ‘Massive Capitulation’ Is Coming.
Text size Bitcoin continues to trade at less than one-third its all-time high from November 2021. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were under pressure on Monday. While...
Forget Bitcoin. Interest in Ether Is Booming Ahead of ‘The Merge.’
Investors have flocked into Ether trades as a critical upgrade to one of crypto’s most crucial networks looms large this month, setting the stage for volatility in the days and weeks to come. Set to b...
Why Did Bitcoin Fall? Is It Because Stocks Slumped Too?
Text size How strong is the link between stocks and Bitcoin? AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin sank Friday and stocks did too. The world’s largest crypto posted losses for the week, as did equities. Could ...
Is the crypto bear market over? Here’s what to watch.
Bitcoin and ether are on track to record their best month since last October, prompting some investors to ask if the crypto bear market is over. The No.1 cryptocurrency BTCUSD, -0.90% on Friday reache...
Bitcoin Price Could Fall to $13,000 as Crypto Miners Cut Costs
Text size Miners appear to be using less electricity to produce cryptocurrencies. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin miners have come under pressure from a one-two punch of rising energy costs an...
‘I just wake up and cry’: Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies have destroyed some crypto investors’ confidence in centralized platforms
Yotsy Ruiz recently bought his first ever crypto hardware wallet — a Nano X from Ledger. He is transferring all his crypto holdings that he can still move to the small physical device which looks like...
These companies hopped on the crypto train when times were booming. Which are exposed in a downturn?
During recent cryptocurrency booms, companies have been quick to jump on the trend, whether by reorienting their entire businesses around the buzzy theme, building meaningful crypto features alongside...
Bitcoin Prices Struggle Below $20,000. Why Tuesday Could Bring a Bigger Move.
Text size Bitcoin has failed to consistently breach the key $20,000 mark. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were largely unchanged on Monday, with digital assets contin...
Crypto Took Wall Street on a Wild Ride. Now It’s Ending in Tears.
Cory Klippsten is a big fan of Bitcoin. But his affinity for cryptocurrencies ends there. Klippsten, head of a company called Swan Bitcoin, sees a growing minefield of scams, fraud, and risky products...
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows files for U.S. bankruptcy
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, according to a court filing in the Southern District of New York on Friday. Three Arrows C...
Gensler labels bitcoin a ‘commodity’ as crypto prices stabilize
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Monday that bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.24% was the only cryptocurrency he was prepared to publicly label a commodity, rather than a security, in a...
Best and Worst Spots in the U.S. Housing Market, According to Lennar
Elias Stein Text size Jersey and Florida are hot. Austin and Seattle are not. On Tuesday, home builder Lennar ’s co-CEO Richard Beckwitt on an earnings call provided a tour of U.S. housing markets. “S...
Bitcoin rallies back above $20,000 on Sunday, after hitting 18-month low
Bitcoin prices rallied Sunday, topping the $20,000 level again after falling to an 18-month low Saturday amid a weeks-long cryptocurrency rout. Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.48% surged about 16% in the past 24 h...
Bitcoin’s nosedive through the $20,000 mark is a Minsky Moment for crypto: ‘Psychologically for a lot of people, this is galling’
Is bitcoin BTCUSD, +4.03% facing a breaking point? That’s what some investors, acolytes and otherwise, might be contemplating, as the cryptocurrency’s descent accelerates over the weekend. The world’s...
Bitcoin slumps below $20,000 as cryptocurrency rout rolls on
Bitcoin traded below $20,000 on Saturday, extending the slide that has wiped out trillions in market value from cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -7.07% traded down 8% to $19,029, extending a slide fr...
Bitcoin crash: These three metrics show how bad the carnage is, and what to expect next
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’ll walk you through what’s going on in the current bear market. As usual, find me on T...
The red flag that preceded a halving of global equities in 2000 and 2007 is back, warns Citi
We are a day away from data that could prove a turning point for markets. If Wednesday’s CPI doesn’t reveal some slowing in prices, expectations will rise for a bigger Fed rate hike in September, poss...