Ether, the native cryptocurrency used on the ethereum platform, remains significantly more volatile than the S&P 500 for many investors. But it’s no longer a moonshot — it’s a foundational piece of a modern digital portfolio. Here’s how to start investing in ethereum. Step 1: Choose your ethereum investment strategy Before placing a trade, it’s important to understand what you’re actually buying. Ethereum is the blockchain, while ether (ETH-USD) is the cryptocurrency that runs on it. When people say ...

Circle Pops 30% as USDC Prints an $11.9 Trillion Flex - Moby BREAKING NEWS Circle (CRCL) reported its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday, and it looks like they finally got the break they’ve been waiting for from Wall Street. The USDC issuer’s stock was up almost 30% on Wednesday, hovering around $80 after hitting a low of $49 in early February. Some key highlights from the report include $770 million in total revenue and reserve income (up 77% year-over-year), $75.3 billion in USDC in c ...

This week, Bitcoin manages to fend off another pullback. Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial says it was targeted by a coordinated attack and Coinbase chief policy officer Farar Shirzad lays out the current status of the stalled crypto market structure legislation. Welcome to CNBC's Crypto World.I'm Ryan Baker. Crypto markets in the green on pace to end a week's long streak of losses. As of noon Eastern, Bitcoin rose nearly 3% from last week.Ether jumped more than 5% and Solana climbed nearl ...

Circle Internet Group (CRCL) shares pushed aggressively to the upside on Wednesday after the crypto company announced a blockbuster Q4, citing improving margins and growing on-platform USDC mix. As investors cheered Circle's blowout release, its share price rallied well past the 50-day moving average (MA) — a technical breakout that often validates a shift in momentum. Following this post-earnings surge, Circle stock is up roughly 60% versus its year-to-date low. More News from Barchart www.barchart.co ...

Building a resilient portfolio means thinking beyond a single asset or market trend. Economic cycles shift, sectors rise and fall, and no one investment performs well in every environment. That's why many investors look to diversify with platforms that provide access to real estate, fixed-income opportunities, professional financial guidance, precious metals, and even self-directed retirement accounts. By spreading exposure across multiple asset classes, it becomes easier to manage risk, capture steady retu ...

Traders betting against the prices of major cryptocurrencies are feeling the pain Wednesday as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other top assets are well in the green, leading to hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of short position liquidations. Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded to nearly $69,000 for the first time in more than a week, recently trading for $69,869 after falling below the $63,000 mark on Tuesday. While up more than 7% on the day, the price of the leading cryptocurrency remains down more than 21% over t ...

Performance was driven by a 72% year-on-year growth in USDC circulation to $75 billion, despite a fourth-quarter crypto market correction. Management attributes the 247% surge in onchain volume to the growing velocity and utility of digital dollars, with Circle's share of real economic transaction volume reaching nearly 50%. The strategic pivot toward 'Agentic AI' positions Circle's infrastructure as the primary settlement layer for autonomous software agents requiring low-cost, programmable money. ...

Experts such as Jina Yoon , Chief Alternative Investment Strategist at LPL Financial say Trump's proposal may have a limited impact , as individual investors, not large institutions, primarily drive homebuyer competition; institutional investors own just 0.5–3% of U.S. single-family homes, mostly in select markets such as Atlanta, Phoenix, and Charlotte, with much activity exempt under the executive order. A previous report by Blackstone (NYSE: BX ) also highlighted the same.Meanwhile, some Democrats are re ...

Revolut and three other firms will join the Financial Conduct Authority’s stablecoin sandbox, the regulator said. The sandbox, an ongoing project for the regulator since last year, will focus on key uses under real-world conditions, including crypto trading and payments. Alongside Revolut, Monee Financial Technologies, ReStabilise, and VVTX will participate. Monee is a digital lending platform also involved in the Bank of England’s digital securities sandbox. ReStabilise is a white-label stablecoin ser ...

Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction market, has become a top betting platform for future events since its launch in 2020. It hosted nearly half a million monthly active traders as of last October, according to The Block, even though it's been banned in over a dozen countries. Polymarket is popular because it allows traders to bet on economic data, elections, geopolitical events, tech product launches, and other news events. It's also easy to use because its traders bet on simple "yes" or "no" ...