MS is launching low-fee crypto trading, offering Bitcoin, Ether and Solana at prices below major rivals to attract retail investors.
Bullish accelerates its global digital asset platform strategy with a $4.2B acquisition of Equiniti, a key regulated crypto transfer agent. The deal positions BLSH to become the first fully integrated, blockchain-enabled global transfer agent for tokenized securities and expands its blockchain-native infrastructure. The company is seeing positive EPS revision momentum ahead of its Q1'26 report on May 14, 2026.
A structural shift is maturing in the digital asset market, as regulatory clarity replaces speculative fervor as the primary driver of value. Recent breakthroughs in U.S. stablecoin legislation and the formal implementation of a comprehensive crypto framework in Europe have provided a powerful tailwind for regulated financial infrastructure providers.
Ark Invest CEO and CIO Cathie Wood joined Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Joe Mathieu at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverley Hills, California. She says she imagines Tesla's IPO will be volatile but that their preliminary work suggests orbital data centers could take Tesla from a revenue generation point of views orders of magnitude twenty times higher.
For years, investors have categorized The Western Union Company NYSE: WU as a high-yield value trap, a legacy institution slowly ceding ground to more agile fintech disruptors like Remitly Global Inc. NASDAQ: RELY and Wise plc OTCMKTS: WPLCF. Western Union's Q1 2026 earnings report seemed to confirm this narrative.
May is kicking off with another brutal round of tech layoffs that have been affecting the industry for much of the year. Today, the U.S.'s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN), announced it was laying off a staggering 14% of its staff.
"Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today's guests: Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Strike CEO and Twenty One Capital Co-Founder & CEO Jack Mallers, Franklin Templeton Head of Digital Assets & Innovation Sandy Kaul, and Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon.
Prediction market traders are leaning bearish on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock heading into the end of May 2026, with Polymarket contracts implying the semiconductor giant is unlikely to reclaim the higher price levels seen earlier in April.
Crypto-linked equities are extending Monday's rally into Tuesday morning. Shares of Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL | CRCL Price Prediction), Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN), and Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) all gained 3% in the premarket hours.
The two most read articles on ETF Database during the month of April were focused on cryptocurrency, both written by DJ Shaw. The article in the No.
Equiniti is one of the world's biggest transfer agents, offering shareholder services to companies including Berkshire Hathaway and Moody's.
Investors monitoring the goings on in the realm of equity-based cryptocurrency know that many crypto miners are undergoing corporate transformations to become artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure companies. This also includes many residing in the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF (WGMI).