Currencies

U.S. stock indexes joined a worldwide slide Thursday, as investors wait to see if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will again move markets with his testimony before Congress.

The agency has issued “dozens of subpoenas and information requests” to companies involved in the cryptocurrency market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued scores of subpoenas and information requests to technology companies and advisers involved in the red-hot market for digital tokens, according to people familiar with the matter.

Asian shares were mixed Thursday as sentiments got initially dragged down by a slide on Wall Street, but Chinese benchmarks later recovered on optimism for growth.

U.S. stocks rose in early trading on Wednesday to claw back some of their sharp losses from the prior day, when speculation about a more aggressive Federal Reserve rattled markets.

Legendary hedge fund investor Bill Miller is betting big on cryptocurrency as a “bitcoin observer,” with his firm betting nearly half of its assets in the digital currency.

The Seattle Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman and Stanford grad is also an investor and spokesman for Cobinhood, an app that allows users to trade cryptcurrencies without fees.

Official figures show that inflation across the 19-country eurozone fell in February for the third month running even though the region is growing at its fastest rate in a decade.

Asian shares slid in subdued trading Wednesday after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve said that he's feeling more optimistic about the economy.

Stocks and bonds held relatively steady in early trading on Tuesday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index was wavering between small gains and losses.

Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz suggested that the company is heading toward accepting a virtual currency as payment via its app.

Tokyo stocks finished higher but other markets in Asia were mixed on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve chair's testimony at U.S. Congress later in the day, his first public appearance as chair of the Fed.

Bitcoins can buy you a TAG Heuer watch, a cross-country flight or a meatball marinara sub.

Stocks climbed again on Monday as markets around the world continue to claw back from their sharp tumble last month.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP are leading technology companies higher and banks are also rising as US indexes climb in early trading on Wall Street Friday.

Asian stocks advanced Friday after Wall Street rebounded from a two-day losing streak and Japanese inflation edged higher.

Technology companies and banks helped drive U.S. stocks broadly higher in early trading Thursday.

“Pump-and-dump” schemes can be particularly effective in the thinly traded digital currency world.

The minutes to the last policy meeting of the European Central Bank suggest that policymakers could indicate as soon as March that they are mulling an earlier end to their stimulus program.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced the charges against BitFunder founder Jon Montroll.