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(Bloomberg) — Investors dumped a record amount of cash into BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF while the cryptocurrency surged to an all-time high. Most Read from Bloomberg The iShares Bitcoin ETF (ticker IBIT) pulled $788.3 million Tuesday, its 37th consecutive inflow. The fund has now swelled to $11.5 billion in assets. Bitcoin briefly topped $69,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the all-time high it hit in late 2021. Demand from the ETFs and a optimism surrounding an upcoming reduction in the token’s… Source link

By Samuel Indyk and Brigid Riley LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was a touch softer on Wednesday, as traders kept their powder dry ahead of the first leg of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the European Central Bank’s policy announcement on Thursday. Meanwhile, bitcoin was picking up a head of steam again, although it stayed below the record high reached the day before. The absence of major catalysts kept the dollar under pressure, having slipped on Tuesday… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) reached an all-time high Tuesday before falling back as some investors locked in their winnings. A new frenzy surrounding the world’s largest cryptocurrency pushed the price to to $68,869, exceeding the previous high of $68,789 established on Nov. 10, 2021. Then it tumbled below the $60,000 level again in a matter of hours. The new high reinforced a remarkable comeback for bitcoin following a 2022 crash that created huge losses for investors and triggered the downfall of… Source link

US stocks dropped on Tuesday, pulling further away from record highs as uncertainty over interest rate cuts and a shakeup in “Magnificent 7” stocks brought a note of wariness to the market. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led the declines, sinking about 1.8% as a retreat in Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) continued to drag on stocks more widely. Apple came under pressure after a report that iPhone sales fell 24% in China, adding to Monday’s loss in the wake of a $2 billion Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Stock market today: Stocks slip ahead of key inflation data, bitcoin soars past $60,000  Yahoo Finance Source link

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) surged on Wednesday to break above $60,000, putting it within striking distance of its all-time high as enthusiasm for the world’s largest cryptocurrency reached a frenzy last seen during a 2021 boom. The digital asset climbed as high as $63,900, touching its highest intraday point since November 2021, before dropping back to the $60,000 level amid reports that some users of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) began showing a $0 balance in their accounts. Coinbase… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) surged on Wednesday to break above $59,000, putting it within striking distance of its all-time high as enthusiasm for the world’s largest cryptocurrency reached a level last seen during a 2021 boom. The price of the digital asset is now up more than 15% on the week and 40% so far this year, due largely to excitement sparked by a series of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds that started trading in January. Bitcoin was up more than 5% at $59,396 at last check, touching its… Source link

(Reuters) — Bitcoin hit a two-year high on Tuesday, on track for its biggest two-day rally this year, on signs large players were buying the cryptocurrency, while smaller rival ether topped $3,200 for the first time since 2022. Bitcoin has rallied more than 10% in two sessions, helped by Monday’s disclosure from crypto investor and software firm MicroStrategy that it had recently purchased about 3,000 bitcoins for an outlay of $155 million. The original and largest cryptocurrency by market… Source link

On this week’s episode of Yahoo Finance Future Focus, our host Brian McGleenon spoke to Standard Chartered Head of Crypto Research Geoff Kendrick, who shared his insights into the evolving landscape where traditional finance incumbents, such BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, are involving themselves in the cryptocurrency sphere via the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs). A spot bitcoin ETF is a financial product that investors hope will pave the way for mainstream… Source link

Coinbase Global (COIN) posted its first quarterly profit in two years as trading surged on a new wave of optimism about digital assets, marking a potential turning point for the largest US cryptocurrency exchange. Investors cheered the news, sending the stock of Coinbase up more than 12% in after-hours trading. The stock is down 5% so far in 2024 as of Thursday’s close but has soared 180% over the last year. Coinbase earned $273 million in profits during the fourth quarter, well above analyst… Source link