May 12, 2024
Finance

Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance: Alesia Haas

Coinbase Global’s stock has almost quadrupled since its chief financial officer was profiled here in 2023. That Alesia Haas’ strategy has been consistent speaks volumes more than the share price. Having steered the broker through a prolonged Bitcoin bear market, Haas, 47, is now riding the rally that has picked up since the Securities and

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Crypto

Coinbase Stock Has Soared. Why the Crypto Platform’s Shares Could Keep Rising.

Coinbase , one of the hottest stocks of the past year, still has room to run, according to some analysts. The trading platform’s shares continue to ride the wave of enthusiasm over financial advisors and institutions’ growing adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Global stock has been one of the top performers of the

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Crypto

Bitcoin ETF activity has been ‘additive’ to crypto demand, says Robinhood CFO

Last Updated: Feb. 14, 2024 at 6:24 a.m. ET First Published: Feb. 14, 2024 at 4:29 a.m. ET One of the big concerns for investors in Coinbase Global is that the launch of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds would hurt its main crypto brokerage. At one competitor, that’s not been the case. Robinhood Markets HOOD CFO

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Crypto

Why crypto exchange Kraken’s security team lives in the shadows

Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work

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Crypto

Bitcoin Wavers as Crypto ETF Trading Gathers Steam. Where Prices Go Next.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies wavered Friday as volatile trading continued in the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The price of Bitcoin has shed 1% over the past 24 hours to $45,950, having notched gains in this period as high as near $48,600—around its best levels

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Crypto

Bitcoin Price Whipsaws as ETF Excitement Builds After SEC Hack

Cryptocurrencies saw volatile trading Wednesday as traders awaited a decision from the Securities and Exchange Commission on whether to approve spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Digital assets have been buoyed for months by ETF approval hopes, with anticipation reaching fever pitch after the agency’s social media account was breached on Tuesday and falsely posted that the

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Crypto

Bitcoin Breaks Through $45,000. What’s Powering the Crypto Rally.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were gaining strongly on Tuesday, with the crypto sector kicking off 2024 with a broad-based rally amid expectations that approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds will come as soon as this week. Bitcoin has jumped 7.4% to $45,668 over the last 24 hours. The largest cryptocurrency climbed past the $45,000 level for

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Crypto

MicroStrategy Bought $615 Million in Bitcoin. It Joins Coinbase in a Crypto-Stock Rally.

Coinbase Global and MicroStrategy were leading a raft of cryptocurrency-related stocks higher on Wednesday. The companies were among those being boosted by Bitcoin’s rally and MicroStrategy pouring more money into the asset. Coinbase shares were up 6.1% at $182.53. The cryptocurrency exchange is trading at its highest levels since early 2022 and has outpaced the

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