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Bitcoin broke above $80,000 on Friday, lifting shares of crypto-linked stocks. The largest cryptocurrency recently traded at $80,587 Friday morning, up more than 5% from its 4 p.m. ET level on Thursday. The move higher came despite the failure of a major crypto legislation and the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike in three years earlier in the week.

Bitcoin jumped 5% to $80,000 per token on Friday as investors looked past a Fed rate hike and failed Clarity Act vote.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has shown its resilience, rallying despite two potential setbacks.

Bitcoin's correlation with gold is at a six-year high, according to Bitwise, suggesting investors are using it as a hedge against U.S. fiscal threats.

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) shares fell roughly 4% Friday, eroding part of Thursday’s 10.1% surge after a stronger-than-expected jobs report revived bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike and knocked Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) below $80,000. The stock closed at $192.70...

Fed Rate-Hike Fears Fade, Igniting $80K Bitcoin and Crypto Stock Frenzy

The Dow added more than 600 points after Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said he could support holding rates steady.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) surged past $70,000 after Trump met with cryptocurrency leaders at the White House and called on Congress to pass the CLARITY Act. Yahoo Finance Fed Correspondent Jennifer Schonberger reports on who was among the two dozen attendees at the meeting and whether there is real progress on the stalled digital asset legislation.

(Bloomberg) -- Crypto markets are stirring after months of listless trading on signs that Washington is moving toward a clearer rulebook for digital assets.Most Read from BloombergYemen’s Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi ArabiaChina AI Sensation Moonshot’s Gamble on Big Models Pays OffTrump Vows 50% Tariff on Canadian Goods Using Depression-Era LawMoonshot’s Kimi K3 May Be More About Memory Than ComputeUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledBitcoin rose more than 2

CleanSpark stock bolts after signing its first major HPC data center lease, which could balloon to $12 billion. Bitcoin, cryptos jump on CPI data.

Scott Melker dives into Circle winning approval to become a federally regulated bank, New Hampshire and it's $100 million bitcoin bond, the CLARITY Act being stuck, and other big crypto headlines. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

Circle Internet shares jump after the company says it won regulatory approval to establish a crypto national trust bank.

A federal banking charter sent Circle stock surging Friday, but with 69% losses over the past year and a rival stablecoin backed by Visa looming, the question is whether this rally marks a turning point or just a dead-cat bounce.

Futures fell amid key jobs data and with Fed chief Kevin Warsh due. Bloom Energy, Nike and SpaceX are early movers.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -1.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.54%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.26%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...