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Bitcoin proponents talk about the cryptocurrency hitting $1m or even its total value reaching $300tn. The most enthusiastic “apes” claim to have much of their savings in AMC Entertainment Holdings shares and post the #AMC500K…

WASHINGTON—Sens. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) and Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.) sit on the powerful Senate Banking Committee and have been advocates for a light government touch toward…

Crypto has been many things in its short history. 2021 was the year it became part of the mainstream. Elon Musk tweeted about it, often. It was parodied on “Saturday Night Live.” Collins Dictionary dubbed…

Coinbase’s COIN, -1.07% shares went up about 3.2% in extended trade Wednesday, after it announced plans to purchase derivatives exchange FairX. The mashup would expand the crypto exchange’s…

Retail-trading platform Robinhood Markets Inc. doesn’t plan on spending significant amounts of corporate cash on crypto assets anytime soon, despite growing demand from its users for such…

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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies wavered Monday with the largest digital asset testing its recent peak and marking the highest levels since early 2022. Technical indicators suggest a decline in prices may be due. The price of…

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The argument has long existed — some bitcoin supporters have touted the cryptocurrency as “digital gold,” a hedge against inflation and a store of value. But others point out that bitcoin lately has been trading…