Crypto News

The latest cryptocurrency news and analysis from the Barron's newsroom.

Strategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin. It Isn’t Helping the Stock.

Strategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin. It Isn’t Helping the Stock.

The company snapped up the cryptocurrency for a second week following a brief pause in its purchases.

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Bitcoin Price Slips Below $86,000 and XRP Falls. What Can Spark a Crypto Rebound.

Bitcoin Price Slips Below $86,000 and XRP Falls. What Can Spark a Crypto Rebound.

Bitcoin trades below $86,000 on Monday after cryptocurrencies endured more selling pressure over the weekend.

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JPMorgan Chase Launches Tokenized Money-Market Fund. Crypto and Wall Street Collide.

JPMorgan Chase Launches Tokenized Money-Market Fund. Crypto and Wall Street Collide.

The bank is seeding the money-market fund with $100 million of its own capital before opening it to outside investors.

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Bitcoin, Crypto Stocks Are Under Pressure. Cathie Wood's ARK Buys More Robinhood Shares.

Bitcoin, Crypto Stocks Are Under Pressure. Cathie Wood's ARK Buys More Robinhood Shares.

Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies and stocks exposed to digital assets remain under severe pressure. But there’s a growing appetite for buying the dip.

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Visa Is a ‘Great Business on Sale.’ Stablecoins Aren’t a Problem for the Stock.

Visa Is a ‘Great Business on Sale.’ Stablecoins Aren’t a Problem for the Stock.

Visa is already taking steps to shield itself from the rise of the cryptocurrency, BofA Securities says.

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Gemini Space Station Is Launching a Prediction Market. The Stock Soars.

Gemini Space Station Is Launching a Prediction Market. The Stock Soars.

Gemini receives a futures contract license from the CFTC and plans to add prediction markets to its platform.

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Bitcoin Slumps After Fed Rate Cut, Oracle Earnings. What It Means for the Crypto Recovery.

Bitcoin Slumps After Fed Rate Cut, Oracle Earnings. What It Means for the Crypto Recovery.

It turns out the Federal Reserve’s December rate cut was just another false dawn for Bitcoin and hopes for a crypto comeback.

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American Bitcoin Stock Has Dropped More Than 70% Since Its Debut. Why 1 Firm Just Started It at Buy.

American Bitcoin Stock Has Dropped More Than 70% Since Its Debut. Why 1 Firm Just Started It at Buy.

Roth Capital, which has its own ties to the Trump family’s business interests, initiates coverage of American Bitcoin with a Buy rating.

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GameStop Is Stalling. What’s Keeping the Poster Child of the Meme-Stock Craze Afloat.

GameStop Is Stalling. What’s Keeping the Poster Child of the Meme-Stock Craze Afloat.

Meme-stock enthusiasm has petered out, and GameStop’s retail business is struggling. Investors aren’t worried.

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Why Bitcoin Could Drop Below $90,000—Even After a Fed Rate Cut

Why Bitcoin Could Drop Below $90,000—Even After a Fed Rate Cut

Ethereum, Solana, and other cryptocurrencies are also up.

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GameStop Stock Falls. Bitcoin Is Just Part of the Story.

GameStop Stock Falls. Bitcoin Is Just Part of the Story.

The videogame retailer and OG meme stock reported revenue of $821 million and earnings of 24 cents a share.

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Twenty One Capital Debuts as a Bitcoin Play—and the Stock Drops 19%

Twenty One Capital Debuts as a Bitcoin Play—and the Stock Drops 19%

The world’s third largest corporate holder of Bitcoin goes public through a blank-check merger.

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Bitcoin Won’t Hit $200,000 This Year, Crypto Bull Concedes. Where It’s Going Instead.

Bitcoin Won’t Hit $200,000 This Year, Crypto Bull Concedes. Where It’s Going Instead.

Bitcoin has come crashing down recently and so too have bullish price predictions for the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

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Warner Bros., Paramount, Netflix, Tesla, CoreWeave, Confluent, Marvell, Carvana, and More Stock Market Movers

Warner Bros., Paramount, Netflix, Tesla, CoreWeave, Confluent, Marvell, Carvana, and More Stock Market Movers

Warner Bros. Discovery stock jumps as Paramount Skydance launches a hostile bid, just days Warner Bros. reached a deal to be bought by Netflix. Paramount rises sharply and Netflix tumbles.

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Bitcoin Isn’t Just a Tech Stock on Steroids. What Really Moves It.

Bitcoin Isn’t Just a Tech Stock on Steroids. What Really Moves It.

The crypto skeptics are missing something important, Brian Schreiner writes in a guest commentary.

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Strategy Buys Almost $1 Billion Worth of Bitcoin. It’s Just What the Stock Needs.

Strategy Buys Almost $1 Billion Worth of Bitcoin. It’s Just What the Stock Needs.

Strategy adds more than 10,000 Bitcoin at an average purchase price of $90,615 apiece.

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Bitcoin Rebounds Slightly Ahead of the Fed. How It Could Reach $120K—or Fall to $82K.

Bitcoin Rebounds Slightly Ahead of the Fed. How It Could Reach $120K—or Fall to $82K.

Cryptocurrencies looked to mount another rebound ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final rate decision of the year.

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Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, HPE, SoFi, Oklo, Ulta Beauty, and More Stock Market Movers

Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, HPE, SoFi, Oklo, Ulta Beauty, and More Stock Market Movers

Warner Bros. Discovery rose after Netflix agreed to buy the entertainment company for $72 billion.

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Strategy Stock Price Target Slashed Nearly 60%. Why Analyst Still Rates It a Buy.

Strategy Stock Price Target Slashed Nearly 60%. Why Analyst Still Rates It a Buy.

Cantor Fitzgerald reiterates an Overweight rating for Strategy stock but cuts its price target by 59%.

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Bitcoin Price Can’t Clear $94K Hurdle Even as Stocks Rise. Why That's a Problem.

Bitcoin Price Can’t Clear $94K Hurdle Even as Stocks Rise. Why That's a Problem.

Bitcoin and other digital assets fell early Friday as the latest cryptocurrency rebound proved to be another false dawn—for now.

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Trump Family-Backed Companies Are Being Left Behind as Crypto Recovers

Trump Family-Backed Companies Are Being Left Behind as Crypto Recovers

Trump Media & Technology Group, despite rising about 15% since its Nov. 21 low, is still down about 27% in the past month.

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Even Vanguard Is Opening the Door to Bitcoin. Should You?

Even Vanguard Is Opening the Door to Bitcoin. Should You?

If you’re looking for a way to diversify your portfolio, look somewhere else.

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Bitcoin Climbs Back Into the Green for 2025. Where the Crypto Could Go Next.

Bitcoin Climbs Back Into the Green for 2025. Where the Crypto Could Go Next.

Bitcoin was trading higher early Thursday as the world’s largest cryptocurrency battled back into positive territory for the year, continuing its recent recovery.

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Marvell, Microsoft, Pure Storage, GitLab, Microchip Technology, and More Stock Market Movers

Marvell, Microsoft, Pure Storage, GitLab, Microchip Technology, and More Stock Market Movers

Marvell jumps after the chip maker beats Wall Street’s earnings targets and announces the acquisition of an AI start-up.

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