Riot Platforms (RIOT) shares jumped about 8% on Friday after Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expanded its capacity at the company’s Rockdale, Texas campus, highlighting Riot’s continued pivot from bitcoin mining into AI and high-performance computing. According to the Q1 financial results, AMD exercised an option… Read More
Robinhood (HOOD) missed its first-quarter earnings and revenue estimates after reporting a sharp decline in crypto trading revenue, even as growth in other parts of its business pushed overall revenue higher. The popular trading platform reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.38, missing Wall… Read More
Brazil’s main stock exchange B3 will begin offering six new derivatives contracts on April 27 that allow investors to bet on the likelihood of future events, ranging from the price of bitcoin to movements in the dollar and Ibovespa index. The instruments, called Event Contracts,… Read More
Bitcoin’s BTC$66,834.80 recent tendency to move in step with U.S. equities does not erase its value as a portfolio diversifier. That’s according to financial services and infrastructure firm NYDIG. In a weekly market note, Greg Cipolaro, the company’s global head of research, said correlations between… Read More
Bitcoin BTC$66,227.89 pulled back from Asian session highs alongside losses in the U.S. stock futures as Iran stepped up attacks in the Middle East, reportedly hitting an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. The leading cryptocurrency fell back below $66,000 after hitting a high of nearly… Read More
Leading bitcoin BTC$66,524.15 treasury company Strategy has again raised the dividend on its STRC (“Stretch”) preferred series. Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the firm lifted the annualized payout by 25 basis points to 11.5%. While STRC to this point has performed as hoped by… Read More
