A Square-powered bitcoin checkout is now live on the Vegas Strip, where Bitcoin 2025 attendees can scan and pay for merch in seconds using the Lightning Network. Miles Suter LAS VEGAS — Jack Dorsey’s latest bitcoin vision is hitting the checkout counter — starting with a merch truck parked just off the casino floor inside…

The market’s leading crypto, Bitcoin (BTC), has experienced a retracement below the $109,000 mark on Monday, following its recent surge to an all-time high (ATH) of $111,800 last week. As the cryptocurrency market reacts to these fluctuations, analysts find themselves divided on BTC’s price future trajectory. Bitcoin Could Hit New ATH Of $113,000 This Week…

President Donald Trump’s media company said Tuesday that institutional investors will buy $2.5 billion in the company’s stock with the proceeds going to build up a bitcoin reserve. About 50 institutional investors will put up $1.5 billion in the private placement for common shares in the company and another $1 billion for convertible senior notes,…

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) CEO Fred Thiel has an idea for how U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration can make good on its promises to build out a strategic bitcoin reserve: start mining. Speaking on a panel at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Thiel said that the U.S. government has many…

Strive, an asset manager founded by American entrepreneur and politician Vivek Ramaswamy, has announced a $750 million raise to establish “alpha-generating” strategies through Bitcoin-related purchases. According to a May 27 announcement, the strategies will include buying undervalued biotech companies, purchasing “distressed Bitcoin claims” like those associated with crypto hacks and bankruptcies, and acquiring bottom tranches…

Trump Media and Technology Group, a publicly traded company in which US president Donald Trump and his family own a majority stake, has raised $2.5 billion to accumulate a “bitcoin treasury.” On Monday, in response to a report by the Financial Times, TMTG initially denied contemplating any such maneuver. “The Financial Times has dumb writers…

00:00 Speaker A It’s time for Yahoo Finance’s Market Minute. US stocks rising as President Trump pauses EU tariff hikes. The Nasdaq leading the averages to the upside. Shares of Trump Media and Technology Group under pressure here. The company unveiling plans to create what it claims will be one of the largest Bitcoin treasuries…

In brief Cantor’s new Bitcoin lending business has carried out its first transactions. The business expects to make up to $2 billion of financing available in its first phase. FalconX and Maple Finance are confirmed to have made the first deals. Cantor’s Bitcoin lending business has carried out its first transactions, the investment banking giant…

BlackRock’s in-house portfolio has been quietly accumulating shares of its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), underscoring the asset manager’s growing commitment to the cryptocurrency as part of a broader diversification strategy. As of March 31, 2025, the BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio held 2,123,592 shares of the company’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), valued at $99.4 million,…

Trump Media & Technology Group, the company that owns President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, announced plans Tuesday to buy about $2.5 billion in cryptocurrencies to create what it calls a “bitcoin treasury.” The company plans to raise the money by selling $1.5 billion in common stock and $1 billion in convertible debt to 50…