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Experts explore the possibility of bitcoin reaching $150K, debating its year-end price potential

Historically weak summer trading action doesn't have one of crypto's top analysts feeling any less bullish

A broadening rally in U.S. stocks is offering an encouraging signal to investors worried about concentration in technology shares, as markets await key jobs data and the Federal Reserve's expected rate cuts in September. As the market's fortunes keep rising and falling with big tech stocks such as Nvidia and Apple, investors are also putting money in less-loved value stocks and small caps, which are expected to benefit from lower interest rates. The Fed is expected to kick off a rate-cutting cycle at its monetary policy meeting on Sept. 17-18.

Ether, Solana, and other altcoins are also seeing setbacks.

Use of a VPN to circumvent the prohibition could lead to hefty fines, according to media reports.

Use of a VPN to circumvent the prohibition could lead to hefty fines, according to media reports.

A North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a previously unknown bug in Chrome-based browsers to target organizations with the goal of stealing cryptocurrency, according to Microsoft. According to the report, the hackers exploited a flaw in a core engine within Chromium, the underlying code of Chrome and other popular browsers, like Microsoft’s Edge. When the hackers exploited the vulnerability, it was a zero-day, meaning the software maker — in this case, Google — was unaware of the bug and as such had zero time to issue a fix prior to its exploitation.

A report from consultancy Henley & Partners found the number of those with more than $1 million in cryptocurrencies nearly doubled this year.