Snoop Dogg was the lead act at the first-ever Crypto Inaugural Ball held in Washington on Friday evening MacKenzie Sigalos As the crypto industry celebrates the arrival of a new administration in Washington, D.C., nobody is taking quicker advantage of the coming changes than the person leading the charge: President Donald J. Trump. On Friday […]
Bitcoin rejoined the crypto rally on Friday amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump could soon release an executive order making crypto a national priority. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 4% at $104,672.37, according to Coin Metrics. The broader crypto market, as measured by the CoinDesk 20 index, was […]
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies jumped on Thursday as investor appetite shifted to smaller, higher risk coins ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. XRP and litecoin were among the biggest movers, up 13% and 22%, respectively, according to Coin Metrics. The CoinDesk 20 index, a broad crypto market benchmark, gained nearly 5%. Meanwhile, […]
Bitcoin was far and away the best-performing asset class in 2024 as new exchange-traded funds ushered in more widespread adoption and hopes for deregulation under a new presidential administration lifted digital assets to record levels. But owning cryptocurrency also came with its usual unpredictability and dizzying swings, as this month’s trading clearly illustrates. Bitcoin has […]
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Top CEOs and their companies are pledging to donate millions of dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, as […]
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 22, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A new stock exchange launching next year is on track to offer nearly round-the-clock trading on business days, pending final regulatory approvals, 24 Exchange announced late Wednesday. The 24X National Exchange will debut in the second […]
Bitcoin on Wednesday climbed back above $95,000, recovering slightly from a pullback this week that knocked it from record levels. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5% at $95,886.00, according to Coin Metrics, while ether jumped more than 7% to $3,555.82. The broader crypto market, as measured by the CoinDesk 20 […]
The postelection rally is charging ahead. Both the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs, while bitcoin logged eye-popping gains to trade above $88,000.
Online election betting platform Polymarket plans to bring its prediction markets back to customers in the United States, on the heels of accurately forecasting the electoral win of President-elect Donald Trump. “I want to give a lot of credit to the people who fought the battle to go and legalize political prediction markets in America,” Polymarket founder and […]
