Bitcoin turns positive for the week as investor worries about GBTC sell pressure subside

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin pushed higher to end the week as investors took some comfort in the idea that outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF (GBTC) could be starting to taper off. The price of the cryptocurrency climbed more than 5% to $41,828.37 according to Coin Metrics, bringing its weekly gains … Read more

Bitcoin breaks below $39,000, bringing decline from ETF highs to more than 20%

Bitcoin extended its recent declines on Tuesday, falling further below $40,000 to its lowest level since the beginning of December. The price of the cryptocurrency was last lower by more than 3% at $38,840.93, adding to its 4% loss from the previous day, when the coin briefly dipped below $40,000 for the first time this … Read more

Bitcoin slides back to $40,000 as post-ETF correction deepens

Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Thursday, with bitcoin falling back to $40,000. Bitcoin last traded lower by 3.6% at $41,167.14, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it fell as far down as $40,601.37, its lowest level since Dec. 18. Ether, which has gotten a boost in recent days while bitcoin struggled, fell too. It was last down 3% … Read more

Bitcoin mining stocks tumble after crypto briefly touches $49,000

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin miners fell Thursday, giving back earlier gains, as the price of the cryptocurrency retreated in volatile trading following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of the first U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The two biggest mining stocks, Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms, lost 12% and 15%, respectively. Iris Energy fell 6% and CleanSpark … Read more

Bitcoin losses accelerate following ETF launch, while ether heads for an 18% gain on week

Bitcoin slid on Friday to end what should have been a momentous week for the cryptocurrency, with the launch of 11 bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. after a years long battle for institutional acceptance of the asset. The price of bitcoin dropped nearly 6% to $44,022.22, according to Coin Metrics, pulling most of the crypto … Read more

How the two biggest crypto billionaire CEOs proved the critics right

Combination showing Former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (L) and Zhao Changpeng (R), founder and chief executive officer of Binance. Getty Images | Reuters After a brutal 18 months of bankruptcies, company failures and criminal trials, the crypto market is starting to claw back some of its former standing. Bitcoin is up more than 150% this … Read more

Bitcoin 2023 rally pumped up Marathon, Coinbase, MicroStrategy, GBTC

Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on April 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images For crypto bulls, the most lucrative bets in 2023 were in the stock market. While bitcoin rallied over 150% for the year, shares of Coinbase, MicroStrategy and … Read more

MicroStrategy’s bitcoin bet produces 300% gain for investors in 2023

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images MicroStrategy was founded almost 35 years ago and existed for most of its history as a little-known software company focused on business … Read more

Bitcoin shows wild side again, dropping $3,000 in minutes over weekend

A worsening macroeconomic climate and the collapse of industry giants such as FTX and Terra have weighed on bitcoin’s price this year. STR | Nurphoto via Getty Images Bitcoin fell Monday as investors took profits after its December rally. The price of the cryptocurrency was recently lower by about 5% at $41,557.62, according to Coinbase, … Read more