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Bitcoin Falls to Half Its Peak as Investors Shun Risk
The cryptocurrency’s market tumble over the weekend echoed the broader stock market’s decline last week as investors moved away from riskier assets. Dreamstime Text size The price of Bitcoin fell 5.3%...
Crypto Prices Slump Over the Weekend
The decline of bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, mirrored the slide of the overall stock market. Photo: Kin Cheung/Associated Press The cryptocurrency market fell over the weekend, mirrorin...
This Billion-Dollar Crypto Loan Is Easy to Get, but Gone in a Flash
A hacker who robbed the decentralized stablecoin platform Beanstalk in April had a powerful tool: a $1 billion loan taken out with no collateral, no proof of income and no identity verification. The l...
What Bitcoin Could Be Worth to Fidelity. You’ll Be Surprised.
Text size Fidelity’s push into Bitcoin is raising controversy but could be lucrative for the company. Dreamstime.com Fidelity Investments shocked the retirement industry last month with a move t...
Robinhood Has a Crypto Trading Problem. It Might Soon Be Coinbase’s, Too.
Text size Robinhood reported a significant slowdown in trading volumes in the first three months of 2022. Dennizn/Dreamstime Trading platform Robinhood Markets experienced a stark decline in market ac...
Opinion: Why I don’t want bitcoin in my 401(k)
Hooray! At long last, the company managing my 401(k) plan will allow me to bet up to 20% of my retirement funds on a digital Ponzi scheme that generates no income and has no practical use. Fidelity In...
When Will Coinbase Stock Hit Bottom? JPMorgan Sees Bigger Losses Ahead
Text size Some analysts are getting more bearish on Coinbase stock. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg When will Coinbase stock finally hit bottom? Investors in the crypto exchange have been riding a slid...
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...
Cathie Wood’s Flagship Fund Is Down 45% This Year. Money Is Still Flowing In.
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund keeps falling, but investors aren’t jumping ship. Shares of the popular ETF, which is known by its ticker ARKK, have declined 45% so far in 2022—inclu...
Nvidia Stock Could Be in for Trouble. Evidence Is Piling Up.
Text size Nvidia is now the most valuable semiconductor company in the U.S. Dreamstime Nvidia ’s incredible winning streak may soon be coming to an end. The red-hot maker of graphics chips is facing h...
A retired nurse lost $43,000 to bitcoin — watch out for red flags online
A New York retired nurse lost $43,000 of her life savings to bitcoin scammers, after transferring the money to them through a malicious computer pop-up – an unfortunate reminder to be vigilant when it...
Nvidia Stock Gains on Upgrade. Ethereum Won’t Crash It the Way Bitcoin Did.
Text size Gamers compete at the ‘Nvidia’ booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 in Los Angeles. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Nvidia stock was rising Wednesday after it receiv...
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...
FinTech Looks Like a $1.5 Trillion Growth Market
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Wells Fargo ’s Jeff Cantwell says the time to buy fintech stocks is now—14 of them. Cantwell has started coverage of the group with Overweight ratings for all. Th...
Millennials have solved the retirement crisis
Wow. It looks like millennials have totally solved the retirement crisis. And it turns out it was a lot easier than anyone realized. The solution? Cryptocurrencies, of course. A new survey of 4,000 pe...
Fintech Stocks Look Cheap. Why It Could Be Time to Buy.
Text size Wells Fargo has a strong outlook for the fintech sector. Dreamstime The fintech and digital payments sector has a new fan at Wells Fargo, who says the time to buy them is now. Analyst Jeff C...
Cardano leads rises as largest cryptocurrencies start mixed
The largest cryptocurrencies were mixed during morning trading on Monday, with Cardano ADAUSD seeing the biggest move, rising 2.96% to $1.21. Polkadot DOTUSD led the decreases with a 2.79% drop to $22...
‘Only a few’ cryptos should avoid SEC oversight, Chairman Gensler says
The vast majority of crypto tokens in circulation are securities that should be overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman Gary Gensler said in a speech Monday. “The fact is, most cr...
Want to Add Crypto to Your Retirement Portfolio? Here’s How, and What to Consider.
With many cryptocurrencies surging last year as the overall market surpassed $3 trillion in value, a growing number of retirement savers are looking for ways to tap into the potential. Before joining ...
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?
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch, and I’ll walk you through the latest an...
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...
Robinhood extends trading hours from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. — 3 rookie mistakes when trading stocks after hours
At 7 a.m., it can be the time for a morning coffee while 8 p.m. can be time to have supper, watch your favorite television shows, or even enjoy a glass of wine. If you have a Robinhood account, it’s a...
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% ...
Many tech stocks that have crashed are still too expensive to buy
I came across this list of crashed big cap tech stocks on Twitter on April 23: I’ve analyzed every one of those stocks over the last year. When thousands of stocks are down 70%-80% or even 90%, there ...