Bitcoin news

Altcoin futures open interest topped Bitcoin's for the first time since 2024, and analysts warn leverage is stretched.

A Crypto.com-backed blockchain just erased nearly two hours of transaction history to recover funds from a massive exploit, raising an uncomfortable question about whether the immutability that crypto investors depend on is a technical guarantee or simply a matter of who controls enough votes.

GameStop posted its highest-ever second-quarter operating income, while its bitcoin holdings swung to a $75 million unrealized loss.

Both Strive and Strategy use the same floating-rate preferred stock structure to fund their Bitcoin ambitions, yet one just bought 1,375 coins while the other spent $176 million buying back its own shares. The reason comes down to where each preferred stock trades relative to its par value.

Anthony Pompliano says Bitcoin’s strong run over the past month is far from finished.

A decade can transform an investment. On September 9, 2016, gold was grinding through a quiet recovery while Bitcoin was still a niche digital asset trading in the low hundreds of dollars.

Financial stocks were lower in late Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index shedd

Scott Melker discusses Hunter Biden's meme coin name for his laptop that caused controversy during the 2020 presidential election. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

Zcash has left XRP, Solana, and Cardano in the dust with a staggering rally that no other major altcoin came close to matching, and the reasons behind it point to a shift in what institutional investors now want from crypto.

Social media erupted over an SEC order that appeared to declare XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana official commodities under federal law. The reality is far more limited, and far more interesting, than the headlines suggest.

Strategy skipped Bitcoin again and quietly funneled hundreds of millions into its own preferred stock instead, raising a question that should unsettle shareholders: is this still a Bitcoin company, or has something shifted in how management really thinks about capital?

Iren is leveraging its compute to capitalize on the booming demand for AI training and inference.

Crypto mining hardware manufacturer Canaan releases unaudited financial results for Q2 2026.

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by special guest co-host Ophelia Snyder, Co-Founder of 21Shares. Payward Chief Commercial Officer Mark Greenberg breaks down Kraken parent Payward's new partnerships with SoFi and the London Stock Exchange, and how xStocks is bringing tokenized equities and 24/7 markets to investors around the world. Bullish Exchange President Chris Tyrer unpacks Bullish's $4.2 billion acquisition of transfer agent Equiniti, its first tokenized-share trades on a GFSC-regulated venue, and the competing models shaping the future of tokenized stocks. Plus, Sanasie and Snyder break down another billion-dollar week for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and what shifting macro conditions could mean for crypto. - Learn more at bullish.com. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 22, 2026: policy-regulation.coindesk.com. - To get market-moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk's mobile app: linktr.ee/coindeskapp.

Rural counties hosting AI data centers could pay every household an estimated dividend of $4,500 to $8,900 a year without raising taxes or adding any cost for the companies building the facilities, according to a report published today by the Bitcoin Policy Institute.

Scott Melker discusses how Iran has begun easing currency controls to allow exporters to bring back profits in the form of crypto, according to Financial Times reporting. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

Iran is reportedly leaning on crypto to keep cross-border trade going under a U.S. blockade.

Just two years ago, owning cryptocurrency meant setting up a digital wallet, trusting an exchange, and safeguarding a private key. Today, you can own Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Solana or XRP with a single click in your regular brokerage account through a crypto ETF. The category has exploded into hundreds of billions in assets, led by a single fund that has become one of the most successful ETF launches in history. Here's how crypto ETFs work, what's available in 2026, and what investors nee

Bitcoin may have already formed its cycle bottom, with two historical signals suggesting the bear market could be ending and a new rally may be ahead.

Financial stocks were lower in Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index shedding 0