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Blockware CEO Mason Jappa says Bitcoin mining is the best way to dollar-cost average into BTC, offering a hands-off approach for retail investors.

The cryptocurrency market, rocked by a high-profile hack Friday morning, continued to be in hangover mode as the work week started. On Monday, a vast number of digital coins and tokens continued to lose value, some even at double-digit percentage rates. Leading altcoin Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -- the token at the center of the hack -- had fallen nearly 8% in value from 4 p.m. ET in late afternoon trading.

"There's a lot of uncertainty, a lot of kind of dust in the air, and before the Fed can go back to cutting the rates, I feel and have expressed that we got to get a little dust out of the air," Goolsbee said in an interview on Chicago public TV station WTTW.

The slowdown in US sales came as consumer sentiment weakened. Shares of the pizza chain tumbled after it reported Q4 earnings.

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Robinhood said the SEC ended an investigation into its crypto unit in what appears to be another move by the Trump administration to undo an aggressive approach to that industry.

Australia's corporate regulator said on Tuesday the country's stock market operator would be required to publish a comparison of clearing and settlement fees against foreign providers and justify any fee increases, in a bid to promote competition. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said ASX, responsible for some A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) of trades a day, must ensure its clearing and settlement services were offered in a transparent and non-discriminatory way. "This is about limiting ASX's ability to misuse its monopoly power to deter new entrants," ASIC Chair Joe Longo said in a statement.

Bitcoin’s market cap stands at $1.87 trillion, while gold's market cap is approximately $19.9 trillion. For BTC to match gold, it would need to increase by around 965%, or 10.65x its current value.

Tesla shares fell again Monday, extending a recent slump that has made the stock the weakest performer in the Magnificent 7 so far in 2025.

President Donald Trump added a new wrinkle to ongoing talks that he says may help end the war in Ukraine: new "economic development" with Russia.