Cryptocurrency

Houston’s pension fund for its firefighters said Thursday it bought $25 million worth of bitcoin and ether for its defined-benefit plan’s portfolio, the latest move by an institutional investor into digital assets.The Wall Street Journal reported that this move comes as bitcoin powered back to a record above $66,000 earlier …

Bitcoin stumbled to $8,200 on Binance’s trading platform. This temporal decline in the leading cryptocurrency was an 87% fall from $65,815.Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted: “Expect very high volatility in #crypto over the next few months.”The coin had been trading around $65,000 when Binance posted a candle that showed the …

The U. S. session witnessed no significant developments in terms of economic data. Positive corporate earning posts continued to back Wall Street and benchmark indexes.Wall Street cheered solid earnings from several health care companies. Abbott Laboratories for medical devices and drugs rose 3.6% beating Q3 estimates. Health insurer Anthem rose …

Bitcoin drifted just below its record highs on Wednesday, only one day after the launch of the first U.S. bitcoin futures-based exchange traded fund (ETF), to evidence that the new product was entirely meaningful for bitcoin. The world’s leading cryptocurrency displayed good performance at $64,257, and got higher during the …

The European trading session, on Wednesday, was quiet for the second consecutive day. The U. S. dollar became further steadier earlier in the European session, but it is now following a more mixed trading pattern, with the sterling tracking lower as it moved away from key resistance near 1.3800.Gold’s gains …

U. S. stocks continue to rise despite the below-expected economic data concerning the housing sector, one of the most important economic sectors in the United States. Stocks’ surge is mainly due to the positive earnings reports posted by several companies including Netflix as the latest announced earnings posted on Tuesday. …

Shares of the first U.S. bitcoin-linked fund rose slightly on their first trading appearance on Tuesday.The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, ticker ‘BITO,’ jumped 3% when trading began and last traded 2.3% higher at $40.94. The fund tracks CME bitcoin long awaited futures, or contracts speculating on the future price of …

Gold futures fell on Friday, on pace to halt a three-session climb, as Treasury yields and U.S. benchmark stock indexes rose, Gold prices rose on Tuesday, October 19, as the dollar and US Treasury yields fell, providing some support for the precious metal despite the trend of central banks to …

Gold fell on Monday morning in Asia, recouping some losses after heavy selling during the previous session as US bond yields tumbled. Gold futures were down 0.03% at $1,767.75, to offset losses after dropping 1.6% on Friday. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yields also eased after rising to 1.5904% on …

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered Tether, Friday, to pay a $41 million fine for “making misleading statements and omissions of material fact in connection with the U.S. dollar tether token (USDT) stablecoin.”This case highlights the expectation of honesty and transparency in the rapidly growing and developing digital assets marketplace.Stablecoins …