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Scott Melker outlines how crypto-related stocks, like Gemini (GMNI), Bullish (BLSH), eToro (ETOR), and BitGo (BTGO), are trading in relation to bitcoin (BTC-USD) prices. "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 crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.
Circle said on Friday it has received a final regulatory approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank, sending the stablecoin giant's shares surging 10% in premarket trading. • The charter allows Circle to act as custodian for its own reserves and hold crypto assets on behalf of institutional clients. • "OCC approval to establish Circle National Trust marks a defining step in bringing blockchain technology and digital assets into the core of the U.S. financial system," Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said in a statement.
Circle Internet Group received approval from the U.S. government to establish a national trust bank, a regulatory milestone that sets up the launch of a cryptocurrency-focused bank.
Recent crypto IPOs left debut buyers down up to 89%, while Kraken, Grayscale and others delayed their planned listings.
On June 1, Michael Saylor-led Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, announced that it sold 32 Bitcoin (BTC) for roughly $2.5 million between May 26 and May 31. It was the leading Bitcoin treasury company's first sale since 2022 and sparked a lot of volatility in ...
Wall Street is divided over the fate of Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), the issuer of USDC and one of 2025's most closely watched IPOs. The conflicting takes come after a rival stablecoin's launch triggered a sharp sell-off and a wave of conflicting analyst reactions. USDC remains the ...
On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys at the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Two Prime Founder and CEO Alex Blume to discuss Bitcoin's range-bound price action, Strategy's accelerating Bitcoin sell-off, and why he's skeptical of the stablecoin consortium behind OpenUSD that knocked Circle lower. In a taped interview from the NYSE floor, Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo breaks down the company's NYSE debut under the ticker SECZ via a SPAC deal, its more than $400 million raise, and its move to tokenize its own common stock on the Solana and Avalanche blockchains. Plus, Lumida CEO Ram Ahluwalia makes sense of the macro picture — from MicroStrategy's shift from Bitcoin's marginal buyer to marginal seller and the bull case for Hyperliquid, to why he sees non-farm payrolls as "noise" under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. - Learn more at https://www.bullish.com/. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 22, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - To get market moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk’s mobile app: https://linktr.ee/coindeskapp.
There is a new stablecoin in town, and an old player's stock is facing the heat. A stablecoin is an integral part of the DeFi infrastructure. It is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value by pegging to an asset like the dollar, typically backed by reserves such as cash and ...
A consortium backed by companies including BlackRock, Google and Coinbase said Tuesday that it is launching a stablecoin. Called Open USD, the new dollar-backed stablecoin is slated to be offered later this year on the Coinbase-affiliated blockchain Base, as well as on Solana and other networks.
Bank of New York Mellon, the nation’s oldest bank, said it will soon allow institutional customers to store, transfer, mint and burn Circle Internet Group’s USDC stablecoin. Slated to go live by the end of July, the new capability makes it easier for BNY customers holding USDC in their digital-asset wallets to convert dollars into stablecoins and redeem stablecoins for dollars. BNY already safeguards the majority of the dollar reserves backing USDC, the second-largest stablecoin with a market cap of $74 billion.
The Fed's anti-money laundering rules could strengthen Circle's core business.
The largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange just got another nod from one of the oldest American banks. Recently, the Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) reiterated its rating and its price target for Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN). Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong, Coinbase was listed ...
Telcoin launched the first US onchain bank account tied to a regulated bank-issued stablecoin. Unlike Circle and Ripple, Telcoin operates under a full bank charter ...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the institution that serves as a bank for the world's central banks, has delivered a pointed assessment of the booming stablecoin market in its 2026 Annual Economic Report. Crypto's most widely used dollar tokens, it argues, borrow the ...
Since its launch in 2020, Polymarket has grown into the world's largest prediction market. The platform lets traders predict events, from future Bitcoin prices and election results to government shutdowns, using cryptocurrency as collateral. Traders can deposit Circle's USDC ...
A Wall Street analyst is making a bold call on Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL). Circle is best known as the company behind the world's second-largest stablecoin, USDC, and one of the most heavily oversubscribed crypto initial public offerings of 2025. Circle debuted on the New York Stock ...
Scott Melker discusses Kevin Warsh's debut, CME suing its own regulator, and other big crypto headlines. "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.
Bitcoin is trading at approximately $65,829 as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh steps in to chair his first FOMC meeting. While traders analyzing whether the central bank will hike or hold this Wednesday have priced in a 3.50-3.75% rate hold at a 97.4% probability per the CME FedWatch tool, the true market driver remains Warsh’s impending forward guidance.
Blockchain analytics firm Arkham flagged Circle's (NYSE: CRCL) largest USDC transaction ever. Circle is a financial technology company best known as the issuer of USDC, the world's second-largest stablecoin. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady $1 value, backed by ...
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, briefly dipped below $60,000 before staging a slight recovery. The largest cryptocurrency traded as low as $59,775 around midday Friday, its lowest intraday level since October, 2024.
On June 1, Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, announced the sale of 32 Bitcoin (BTC) that it conducted last week. With 843,706 BTC on its balance sheet, the company is still the largest Bitcoin treasury company. But this instance was its first Bitcoin sale in years, sending ...
Investing.com -- Bitcoin dropped to its lowest level in nearly four months Thursday, weighed down by a combination of geopolitical anxiety, persistent institutional selling, and Strategy’s first Bitcoin sale in years.
The US Senate has returned from recess with the Digital Asset Clarity Act at the top of the legislative calendar, and the bill’s most consequential provision is not market structure-it is the explicit prohibition on the Federal Reserve issuing a retail Central Bank Digital Currency. That CBDC block, if enacted, ...
In 2025, several crypto companies made their public debut amid the market rally. The stablecoin giant Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), the institution-focused crypto exchange Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), and the Gemini crypto exchange (Nasdaq: GEMI) executed their initial ...
2025 was the year of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the digital assets industry amid a market boom. Several leading cryptocurrency companies like the Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), and Gemini (Nasdaq: GEMI) made their public debut in 2025. However, the crypto ...
90-year-old bank Morgan Stanley has revamped the price target for Circle Internet (NYSE: CRCL). The boost from analyst James Faucette was based on higher yield assumptions and a revenue tailwind from the Arc token presale. The revised estimates took into consideration approximately $222 ...
SpaceX will be the talk of the town for weeks to come, with its IPO reflecting the largest in history.
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the Federal Reserve to review granting crypto f...
Crypto is moving deeper into the US financial system as Washington debates how far digital asset companies should be allowed to operate like traditional banks without becoming banks themselves. A growing number of crypto companies have secured or applied for federal trust bank charters in recent ...
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