Argo Blockchain shares collapse as planned fundraising falls through

Argo Blockchain PLC shares fell Monday after it said it no longer expects to carry out a share subscription with a strategic investor, and warned it would need to complete further financing to avoid c...

IRS has been missing out on $500 billion in taxes owed annually — and the gap between what’s owed and paid is projected to widen

There’s a difference between the amount of taxes that people and businesses owe the Internal Revenue Service and the amount they actually pay. From 2014 to 2016, that multibillion-dollar gap widened, ...

Dogecoin Is Surging on Hopes of a New Life on Twitter

Twitter shareholders can breathe easy now that Elon Musk has taken the company private. Dogecoin owners may be even more thrilled since the cryptocurrency could get a new lease on life through the soc...

Tether Says It Has Ditched Commercial Paper. It’s a Good Sign for Stablecoins.

Tether said that it no longer holds commercial paper in its reserves, favoring U.S. Treasuries instead in a move that addresses worries about the quality of assets backing the world’s most popular sta...

Here’s how you’ll know stock-market lows are here, says investor who called crash in ’87

“If you think about where we are right now, the Federal Reserve Board is fighting something that it hasn’t seen really in almost four decades, which is inflation. Inflation is a bit like toothpaste: o...

Opinion: How you can save $60k for a home down payment without risk or waiting forever

Yes, starting from zero and trying to save a bit each month will take a while. To put together that princely sum, you’d have to save $500 a month for around nine years in a high-interest savings accou...

Opinion: This 401(k) bill opens the door to risky assets

Senators Pat Toomey, Tim Scott and Peter Meijer have just proposed a bill in Congress that would allow 401(k) plans to stretch beyond traditional investments like stocks and bonds. And when we say “be...

Crypto Investors Got Burned by Celsius. Then They Battled Back.

Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network LLC attracted scores of people over the last five years who wanted to make money betting on bitcoin. After a crypto crash pushed the company into bankruptcy this ...

Crypto Bill That Would Have Transformed Industry Vetoed by California’s Newsom

Text size California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday vetoed a bill that would have brought strong regulatio...

Bitcoin Could Hit $500,000 in Next Decade, Says MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor

Text size Bitcoin prices have plunged this year. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Bitcoin could reclaim its November 2021 all-time high by 2026 and surge even higher if its valuation fundamentals change, ...

Bitcoin could go back above $65k in the next four years, says Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor, chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy Inc. MSTR, -0.35%, said bitcoin could go back to $68,990, its peak reached in November “sometime in the next four years,” and could reach $500,...

Bitcoin Slumps to Lowest Since Late 2020, Ether Tumbles on Fed Jitters

Text size Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has declined nearly 60% this year. Dreamstime Bitcoin fell Monday and other cryptocurrencies followed it lower ahead of what’s expected to ...

Crypto poses threat to ‘financial stability’ of everyday Americans, feds warn

President Joe Biden’s administration expressed concern over recent developments in cryptocurrency markets and their impact on average Americans’ financial health as it introduced a series of reports F...

U.S. Treasury recommends exploring creation of a digital dollar

The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital currency, known as the digital dollar, saying it would help reinforce the U.S. role as a leader in the world fin...

Ray Dalio says watch out for rates reaching this level, because Wall Street stocks will take a 20% hit

After that CPI shock earlier in the week, Wall Street is fielding a fresh batch of data on Thursday, with the headline retail sales number coming in stronger than expected. And a disastrous rail strik...

MicroStrategy Plans to Sell Shares to Buy More Bitcoin. The Stock Is Falling.

Text size MicroStrategy stock is sensitive to swings in the price of Bitcoin. Dreamstime MicroStrategy stock has surged in recent days amid a rally in cryptocurrency prices—but the shares have turned ...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Bristol Myers, Carvana, and MicroStrategy

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These three potential ‘naked swimmers’ threaten stocks and financial markets

Following a hat trick for all three major indexes last week, both optimism and trepidation are in the air as a new trading stretch begins. But some, like the Kobeissi Letter’s editor in chief and foun...

MicroStrategy Plans to Sell Shares. It’s Not the Only Reason Why the Stock Is Rising.

Text size MicroStrategy stock is sensitive to swings in the price of Bitcoin. Dreamstime MicroStrategy stock has surged in recent days amid a rally in cryptocurrency prices—but one of the latest catal...

Singapore Hits the Brakes on Crypto Ads at F1 Grand Prix

Crypto.com has paid millions to sponsor Formula One. When the event comes to Singapore later this month, that could mean a lot of empty space. The company has been part of a drive by cryptocurrency fi...

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...

‘These are not laundromat tokens.’ SEC chief sends warning to crypto industry

Gary Gensler had strong words for the crypto industry in a Thursday speech, telling an audience of lawyers that the “vast majority” of the nearly 10,000 existing crypto tokens are securities, being is...

Al Gore’s Firm Bought Up Microsoft, Shopify Stock

Text size Al Gore’s investment firm, Generation Investment Management, made big bets on Microsoft and Shopify stock. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Al Gore’s investment firm recently made some big cha...

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...

Compounding a disastrous year for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency: IRS proposes controversial new question about digital assets

The Internal Revenue Service could have a potential head-scratcher of a question about your crypto investments and what’s taxable, according to a major accountants’ association. For two years, the IRS...

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...

Ethereum Aims to Become the Internet of Crypto With ‘The Merge’

If Bitcoin is crypto’s answer to gold, Ethereum is the closest thing it has to its own internet. Anyone who wants to mint a new token, launch a crypto app, or spend $150,000 on a Bored Ape nonfungible...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, Boeing, and More.

Text size Boeing shares are lower in the premarket session. Scott Olson/Getty Images Stock futures were lower Monday, extending losses for Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made...

Bitcoin Has Stumbled. That’s Not a Good Sign for Stocks.

Text size Bitcoin’s drop isn’t much of a surprise. Interest rates have risen in the past few weeks as markets worry that the Federal Reserve would keep lifting rates to combat high inflation. Risk ass...

Nvidia Stock Is Down 40% This Year. Don’t Expect a Quick Turnaround.

Text size Even after its 40% share price stumble this year, Nvidia’s valuation looks expensive. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Nvidia, the most valuable U.S. semiconductor company, is in a big rut. This...

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 ...