Author: Daniel snow

After a brief pullback this week, shares of stablecoin issuer and recent IPO darling Circle were in rally mode again, soaring double-digits on a percentage basis in trading on Thursday, after having moved up by more than 600% percent since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month.  Bitcoin and ether have led a recent crypto rise, as digital assets joined the resumption of the risk-on rally, with additional factors such as the potential for lower interest rates later this year, some more moderate talk from the White House on tariffs, and at least temporary easing of tensions…

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Piotr Swiat | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCore Scientific shares surged 35% on Thursday following a report from the Wall Street Journal that AI infrastructure vendor CoreWeave is in talks to acquire the bitcoin mining and hosting provider.The company’s stock was briefly halted after the report, and then proceeded to have its second-sharpest rally since Core Scientific returned to the Nasdaq in January 2024 after completing a reorganization. Its biggest one-day gain came last June, when the shares popped 40% on news that the company would significantly expand its AI business with CoreWeave.The Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter,…

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