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Bitcoin miner IREN continues its shift to AI infrastructure with a new strategic partnership with Nvidia. IREN stock rallies.

Bitcoin dropped back below $80,000 early Friday, then pared back some of its losses as the broader market rallied in the run-up to the April jobs report. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by total market capitalization was down 0.8% to $80,209 over the past 24 hours, to trade about 58% below the record high it hit in October. Bitcoin and its peers have struggled to keep up with a breakneck rally in stocks in recent weeks.

Bitcoin opened at $80,015.27 on Friday, down 1.7% from Thursday's opening price. Bitcoin rose to $80,206.01 by 7:18 a.m ET. Ethereum opened at $2,290.98 on Friday, down 2.5% from Thursday's opening price. The value of ethereum was steady as of 7:18 a.m. ET..

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Bitcoin’s core developers are openly debating whether to permanently freeze Satoshi Nakamoto’s roughly 1,096,358 BTC, a stash worth about $89 billion with BTC trading near $80,015, before quantum computers can crack the legacy addresses holding it. The catalyst: Google Quantum AI research published in early 2026 suggests a 500,000-qubit machine could break Bitcoin’s signature scheme, ... Bitcoin developers might permanently freeze Satoshi’s $89 billion stash before quantum computers crack it ope

Zhao said Donald Trump’s focus on strengthening US financial markets could help accelerate Bitcoin’s price recovery. CZ argued that Bitcoin and other blockchains can upgrade ...

Consensus 2026 reflected growing long-term confidence in crypto markets. Miami continues strengthening its position as a global crypto hub. Regulatory clarity in the US is ...

The crypto market fell 4.14% from $2.72 trillion peak as hantavirus scare and long liquidations cascaded across leveraged positions.

IREN (NASDAQ:IREN) used its fiscal third-quarter earnings call to highlight a rapid expansion in AI data center capacity, a new long-term customer agreement with NVIDIA, and continued progress in shifting its business mix away from Bitcoin mining and toward AI Cloud services. Strategic focus: conve

Coinbase reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.41 billion, missing analyst estimates as crypto trading volumes slumped.

If you had put $1,000 into XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) the day Trump won the 2024 presidential election, you’d be on $2,840 right now. This means you would have made a gain of $1,840, or 184%, in about 18 months. But the investment barely captures how much volatility the XRP price has seen. At its peak, ... If You Invested $1,000 in XRP When Trump Won the Election, Here’s What You’d Have Today

Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), an artificial intelligence ("AI") data center company anchored by Bitcoin ("Hyperscale Data" or the "Company"), today announced that its management team is actively evaluating a broad range of strategic alternatives intended to enhance stockholder value and address what the Company believes is a substantial disconnect between the public market valuation of the Company and the underlying value of its assets and operations.

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is trading at $1.40 after climbing 3% over the past week. But the rally is slowing as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) got rejected at the 200-day moving average at $82,228. BTC is holding above $81,000 and has to clear that 200-day MA before testing the $85,000 resistance. The XRP price has been stuck ... XRP Price Prediction: Can XRP Hit $1.50 If BTC Clears $85K?

In its latest news, Riot Platforms says it is investigating a partnership for nuclear-powered data centers.

IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) reports fiscal Q3 results after the close today. The numbers should look strong, but the real story sits behind them: a Microsoft contract ramp, a freshly energized Sweetwater campus, and a just-announced acquisition that reshapes the business. From Mining Roots to a Full-Stack AI Neocloud Last quarter’s $184.7M revenue report missed the ... Don’t Focus Too Heavily on IREN’s Q3 Today — Look at What Comes Next

Scott Melker sits down with eToro (ETOR) CEO Yoni Assia to discuss the push to bring capital markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) onto the blockchain — or on-chain — through the tokenization process. “The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker” airs on Yahoo Finance 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.

Canaccord raised its price target on Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, to $224 from $185, reiterating its Buy rating as Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) pushed back above $80,000. The price target raised by Canaccord lands as MSTR stock has weathered another perceived storm in the crypto market. Bitcoin currently trades near $80,200, recovering from a $60,000 ... Canaccord Hikes Strategy Price Target to $224 as Bitcoin Roars Back Above $80K

State Street’s 2026 Global ETF Outlook: From Wrapper to Backbone names a specific frontier for crypto investors this year. On page 8, the firm writes that "Areas gaining traction include multi-coin diversified crypto ETFs beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, private market-style ETFs, pre-IPO exposure, and auto callable income strategies." The signal: the easy trade of buying ... State Street Flags Multi-Coin ETFs as Bitcoin’s Successor, But One Ticker Tells a Different Story

The blockchain industry, often synonymous with extreme volatility and speculative excess, appears to be stabilizing.