Bitcoin news

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts Yahoo Finance's Stocks in Translation podcast, takes a look at bitcoin's (BTC-USD) historical seasonality in order to shed some light on the cryptocurrency's latest sell-off. Catch more Stocks in Translation, with new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination.

With earnings just around the corner, Cipher Mining is a name investors may want firmly on their radar screens.

Billionaire George Soros has long been a controversial investor. In 1992, he shorted the British pound in a bet that earned him $1 billion and contributed to the Bank of England’s withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, an event dubbed Black Wednesday. More recently, through his Open Society Foundations, Soros has funded progressive political ... Billionaire George Soros Just Made Big, Bold Bets on 2 AI Stocks

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) Investor Week 2026 was last week in New York City, gathering together many of the coin's major investors. Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, sits down with Yahoo Finance anchor Julie Hyman at Bitcoin Investor Week to discuss bitcoin's recent price action and how the cryptocurrency could rebound this year. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Catalysts.

Investing.com -- Bank of America said Germany’s long-awaited fiscal stimulus is beginning to support growth, but warned that the recent rally in European equities may already reflect much of the upside and could set markets up for disappointment.

Key data releases focused on the US and UK economies kept traders on their toes this week

Coinbase missed estimates for Q4 results late Thursday as the crypto exchange contends with a digital asset bear market.

After losing nearly $700 million in the fourth quarter as bitcoin's valuation tanked, Brian Armstrong stressed product diversification will help the company navigate the downturn.

After IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) plunged 13.9% on February 4, 2026, retail sentiment soured as Reddit’s sentiment score dropped to 39 this week from a quarterly average of 42, with discussions emerging on r/wallstreetbets and r/options analyzing and dissecting Q2 results. The catalyst? The conversation has shifted to Q2 FY26 earnings, which reported $184.7 million in revenue, ... IREN Drops 14% as Bitcoin Mining Revenue Falls to $167 Million

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has declined roughly 50% from its October 2025 peak of $126,000, and the mood has shifted from euphoria to fear in just four months. Sharp pullbacks feel brutal in real time, but they’ve been part of every major cycle. The question investors are asking now is how long Bitcoin recovery typically takes ... How Long Until Bitcoin Recovers from Its 50% Crash? The Last 3 Major Drops Offer Clues

A federal judge just handed down a serious sentence in one of crypto’s bigger fraud cases. Ramil Palafox, CEO of Praetorian Group International, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a $200 million crypto scheme that collapsed on thousands of investors. More than 90,000 people around the world ...

XRP’s (CRYPTO: XRP) funding rate on Binance dropped to -0.028%, a 10-month low. A funding this negative means the selling side is crowded—almost everyone is already short, and there’s no one left to sell. The last time funding hit these levels was April 2025, and the XRP price rallied from $1.60 to $3.65 by mid-July, ... XRP’s Funding Rate Just Hit a 10-Month Low—The Last Time This Happened XRP Price Rallied

Between a new CFO, a $100 million‑run‑rate prediction exchange acquisition that already processes roughly a third of U.S. retail contracts, and upgrades like Wolfe Research’s $125 target, HOOD offers hefty upside if earnings keep compounding.

Cryptocurrencies are losing their narrative lure to gold, Marcello Estevão writes in a guest commentary.

Bitcoin, the highly volatile leader of the cryptocurrency asset class, experienced another in a long series of corrections, taking the price over 52% lower from the record high in October 2025 to the low in February 2026.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $410M in outflows Thursday as institutional profit-taking and macro hedging create a "liquidity mirage."

Bitcoin price did not just dip. It reacted to something way bigger.The U.S. government revised last year’s job numbers down by nearly 900,000 positions.Markets hate one thing more than bad news. They hate unreliable data and uncertainty. This update from the Bureau of Labor Statistics just shook confidence hard. January ...

The Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (NASDAQ:WGMI) has delivered 86% returns over the past year, but recent volatility tells a more complicated story. Bitcoin’s sharp decline from $94,383 on January 2 has pressured mining economics across the board, with WGMI down 12.4% over the just past month. The fund’s concentrated exposure to Bitcoin miners pivoting toward ... Microsoft’s $9.7 Billion Contract Hasn’t Saved This Struggling Miner ETF Yet

Bitcoin was falling again early Friday, having failed to maintain a sustained bounce from last week’s steep drop. Elsewhere, the crypto exchange Coinbase was up 6.5% in premarket trading, despite releasing disappointing fourth-quarter results Thursday. Geoff Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, recently lowered his Bitcoin price forecast for this year from $150,000 to $100,000.

Bitcoin is below $70,000, trading around $65,000 on Feb. 6, 2026. Liquidations spiked above $1 billion during the selloff window. Mining economics tightened as hashprice ...