Crypto-friendly Signature Bank shut down by regulators, after collapses of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate

State authorities closed Signature Bank SBNY, -22.87% Sunday, after Silicon Valley Bank was shut down by regulators on Friday in the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, according to ...

What happened to Silvergate Capital? And why does it matter?

Silvergate Capital SI, -11.27% served as one of the main banks for the crypto industry, prior to its collapse earlier this week. The news came just a week after the firm delayed its annual report to t...

Stablecoin USDC falls below $1, faces $3.3 billion exposure to Silicon Valley Bank

USDC, a stablecoin that is supposed to trade one-to-one against U.S. dollars, has fallen below $1 on Saturday, after creator Circle said it had over $3.3 billion held at Silicon Valley Bank, which col...

Signature Bank stock drops sharply after Silvergate announces winddown

Signature Bank SBNY, -1.47% stock is down 11% in premarket trades as carnage from the announced wind-down of digital currency financial services company Silvergate Capital Corp. SI, -5.76% impacted th...

Wall Street Expects Brutal Coinbase Earnings. Why an Analyst Upgraded the Stock.

Wall Street is mostly muted ahead of earnings from Coinbase Global expecting to see deep losses and the lowest quarterly sales in two years from the cryptocurrency broker when the group reports earnin...

Bitcoin Rises Near $25,000. It Needs to Clear Key Levels to Keep Rallying.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were rising on Monday as the march higher in digital assets continued despite a quiet day in the stock market, with investors away from Wall Street for the President...

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Fed Governor warns crypto investors: ‘Don’t expect taxpayers to socialize your losses’

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller on Friday fired off a warning about the risks of cryptocurrencies, saying they are “nothing more than a speculative asset, like a baseball card.” “If you buy cr...

Crypto tumble as concerns over regulation intensifies

Bitcoin tumbled to a three-week low Thursday, as crypto exchange Kraken halted its staking program and agreed to pay $30 million to settle charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission....

Coinbase Warns of ‘Staking’ Crackdown. The Stock Is Tumbling.

Text size Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The CEO of Coinbase Global warned the Securities and Exchange Commission might be considering cracking down on a process ...

These money and investing tips can steer your portfolio around the market’s many obstacles

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Charlie Munger would be more bullish on bitcoin if he had time to study it, Michael Saylor says

“‘Charlie and the other critics, the members of the Western elite … are continually prodded for an opinion on bitcoin, and they haven’t had the time to study it.’” — Michael Saylor, co-founder and CEO...

BlackRock Buys Silvergate Stock. Others Are Bullish on the Beaten-Up Crypto Bank.

The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock disclosed a significant position in Silvergate Capital the beaten-down banker to the cryptocurrency industry whose share price has been a high-profile casu...

Fed rejects crypto bank’s application to join U.S. payment system

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday rejected a Wyoming-based crypto-centric bank’s application to become a member of the central bank’s exclusive payment system. In a press release, the Fed said the f...

These money and investing tips can warm your portfolio when stocks cool

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Opinion: Why are my investments in a rut? That’s the way Wall Street wants it.

The Wall Street establishment doesn’t want you to read this article, and I’ll tell you why. If you’re an investor and not getting all the returns you deserve, there are lots of possible reasons. Perha...

Opinion: Central banks are buying gold at the fastest rate in half a century

Here’s another reason why it may not be completely insane to add some gold bullion to your 401(k) or retirement account. Central banks are stocking up. Three economists—Serkan Arslanalp and Chima Simp...

Bitcoin’s Rally Is Built on Low Trading Volume. That Adds to the Risks.

Bitcoin has rocketed 37% since the start of the year, completely erasing its losses after the demise of the cryptocurrency trading platform FTX. But there is ample reason investors shouldn’t chase the...

Bitcoin soars past $23,000 to highest since last September

Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.59% soared past $23,000 on Saturday, its highest level since September, as the crypto currency market recovered some ground in early 2023. The rally came despite news on Thursday th...

‘Bitcoin is a hyped-up fraud, it’s a pet rock’: says JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon

““Bitcoin itself is a hyped-up fraud, it’s a pet rock.”” — Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase CEO In an interview on Thursday morning on CNBC, billionaire Jamie Dimon, Chairman and chief executive of JP Mor...

Coinbase Stock Is Soaring. It Might Be a Haven in a Wild Crypto Market.

Coinbase Global stock continued its winning streak on Tuesday, rising alongside the price of Bitcoin and on the back of a strong analyst endorsement. Coinbase (ticker: COIN) has already had a busy sta...

To pick 2023’s winners, look to 2022’s losers

A good place to look for stocks that may be market beaters this year is a list of stocks that lost the most last year. That’s because such stocks typically bounce back in a big way. But it will take c...

Bitcoin spikes above $21,000: is the crypto bear market over ?

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, spiked above the $21,000 mark on Saturday. The move has encouraged crypto investors who have been shaken by the collapse of several high-p...

Coinbase, MicroStrategy and Other Crypto Stocks Fly. Why Gains Could Continue.

Shares in companies exposed to the cryptocurrency space tore higher on Monday. Many of these stocks are beaten down and widely bet against by traders, which means that gains could be accelerated throu...

Coinbase Has Been on a Wild Ride This Week Thanks to a ‘Short Squeeze’

Coinbase Global and other beaten-down cryptocurrency stocks ripped higher on Wednesday, only to fall sharply on Thursday. Analysis of the wild ride suggests that “short squeeze” dynamics in a volatile...

6 value stock picks for 2023 from successful money managers

Following a down year for the stock market, there is no shortage of recession predictions for 2023, especially as the Federal Reserve has signaled it will continue to raise interest rates to fight inf...

Opinion: Crypto insurance is nearly nonexistent, so you’ll have to rely on common sense

If only your bitcoin could catch on fire — literally — then it might have a chance of being covered by insurance. For property, fire is a straightforward hazard. But it’s probably the one big thing th...

Troubles at Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Began Well Before Crypto Crash

Sam Bankman-Fried built the cryptocurrency exchange FTX on the reputation of his trading firm, Alameda Research LLC. Alameda was applying Wall Street-style wizardry to the crypto world—and outsiders t...

Cathie Wood closes out abysmal 2022 by buying even more Coinbase shares

Cathie Wood has had a rough year, but in keeping with her reputation as a ‘true believer’, she’s seizing the opportunity to buy more shares in one of her most controversial picks as it tumbles to fres...

Bitcoin Price Targets for 2023 Are in—and They Are Grim. Brace for a 50% Fall.

How low will Bitcoin go? After an abysmal year, analysts are making their best guesses for where the largest cryptocurrency is headed in 2023—and the price targets are mostly grim. Digital assets have...

5 things not to buy in 2023

It’s been a year of contradictions. The recession drum beats on, interest rates are rising, and the stock market has taken a tumble, and yet retail sales have risen 6.5% in the last 12 months, trailin...

3 Bitcoin Predictions for 2023 From a Crypto Executive Who Called the Market Top

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are limping out of a historically bad year, but it’s not all doom and gloom for 2023, according to one crypto executive who pretty much called the late-2021 market t...