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...

Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Is Disrupting Crypto Trading and Lending

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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...

‘I just wake up and cry’: Voyager and Celsius bankruptcies have destroyed some crypto investors’ confidence in centralized platforms

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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...

Bitcoin crash: These three metrics show how bad the carnage is, and what to expect next

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Ethereum close to its major upgrade, but why has it fallen more than bitcoin?

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Ethereum could ‘take over everything’, and there won’t be a multi-chain future, says EY’s blockchain leader

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Bitcoin Keeps Plunging With No Sign of Stopping. Where the Bottom May Be.

Cryptocurrency prices tumbled over the weekend and into Monday, with Bitcoin nearing a yearly low as investors continued to dump risky assets amid a tough stock market and challenging macroeconomic ba...

Bitcoin Prices Fall as Crypto Market Slammed by Hawkish Fed Expectations

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropped Monday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will move aggressively to tighten monetary policy continued to rock the digital asset space. Bitcoin fell mor...

Bitcoin Prices, Other Cryptos Fall—and Why One Trader Sees a Tumble to $30,000

Text size Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto space has come under pressure amid a shift in Fed policy. Rutmer Visser/Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies slipped lower on Monday, continuing t...

Bitcoin and Ether Prices See Worst Day in Weeks. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Tumble.

Text size Bitcoin falls but holds above the key technical level of $45,000. Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell Friday, with some of the largest digital assets recording their worst per...

Ethereum’s major upgrade is coming. Should you be more bullish on it than bitcoin?

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Bitcoin Prices Steady After Crypto Heist. A Prominent Whale Is Getting Bigger.

Text size Bitcoin prices have held onto recent gains. Rutmer Visser/Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were mostly steady on Wednesday, holding onto recent gains and shaking off pressure on...

Coinbase Stock Is Popping. What a Rally in Bitcoin Means.

Stock in the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase surged on Monday, rallying alongside Bitcoin, ether, and other digital assets. Analysts see more room for gains. Coinbase (ticker: COIN) shares jumped 7% ...

Bitcoin Prices Are ‘On the Verge of a Major Breakout’

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Tax season: does the IRS know if you trade crypto? Is your NFT sale or mining income taxable?

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