Circle stock has slipped 0.80% to $80.19 in Thursday’s intraday trading after U.S. jobless claims came in below expectations, leaving CRCL below the $81 level as cryptocurrency prices weakened. The U.S. Labor Department reported 197,000 initial unemployment benefit applications for the week ending Oct. 3, a decline of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised total.
Potential Buyers Look Different From Current Crypto Holders More than 33 million Americans without cryptocurrency holdings are likely to buy in 2026, according to research released Oct. 6. The Harris Poll conducted the study for the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA), a nonprofit focused on crypto education. Its crypto readiness findings describe nonholders who considered themselves
Programmable Privacy Over Privacy Coins Luxembourg-based venture capital firm Nextblock has invested $3 million to fully fund the seed round for Soda Labs, a cryptographic infrastructure startup building programmable privacy tools for public blockchains. The single-investor round will give Soda Labs a 12- to 18-month runway to expand commercial execution, scale its validator network, and
Wall Street’s move into blockchain technology could open a vast new market for crypto, but investors betting on tokenization may find better opportunities than bitcoin $BTC$81,679.10 and ether $ETH$2,460.49, according to the well-followed research firm Citrini Research. In a 79-page report titled Breaking the Wall, published Thursday, the research firm argued that bringing stocks, bonds
Tether invested in Juventus, Italy’s most successful football club, in February, 2025, taking an 8.2% stake. Since then, the buying has continued, with the stablecoin giant now holding over 11% of total Juventus shares and 7% of voting rights. Since Tether’s original investment, however, Juventus’s stock is down over 30%. Tether pushed for total ownership
An anomaly appeared on the Nasdaq stock exchange yesterday when, per an estimate by data provider Ortex, 99% of the shares in public medical tech company MiniMed Group Inc.’s float were sold-short. In contrast to buyers, short-sellers borrow stock to sell first, hoping to repay shares at a lower price to close their loan with
Bhutan’s Digital Bank Sets Its Sights on Abu Dhabi In a disclosure shared with Bitcoin.com News, DK Bank outlined the rationale behind the move, describing Abu Dhabi as “a key part of DK’s international strategy, providing a gateway between the Middle East, Asia, and other global markets.” The financial institution effectively serves as the financial
Michael Saylor recently pointed out that four of CoinGecko’s top ten tokenized stocks are based on MSTR and STRC. This observation underscores the growing importance of digital equity and digital credit in the global financial landscape. As these tokens gain traction, they could lead to significant shifts in market dynamics, particularly in how investors engage