As Bitcoin surges into the financial mainstream, a growing number of companies — from obscure microcaps to global tech giants — are transforming themselves into crypto-holding entities. This video explores the rise of the corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy, tracing its origins with MicroStrategy’s dramatic pivot, the global wave of imitators, and the political entanglements reshaping the crypto landscape. With billions in digital assets now sitting on corporate balance sheets, the question is no longer whether Bitcoin belongs in business — but what happens when the music stops.
Robinhood CEO: It’s time to move past bitcoin & meme coins into real world assets
Vlad Tenev, Robinhood CEO, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss crypto, hitting an all-time high and the company’s new crypto offerings.
Robinhood Presents: To Catch A Token
Live from the French Rivieria, tune in to witness our CEO Vlad Tenev reveal our biggest crypto announcements of the year.
We Went to a Crypto Conference: We Left Terrified
The crypto industry could cause a 2008 style economic crash. After spending $130 million on the 2024 elections, the industry won every seat it invested in. Now, they’re getting the policies they want — and that could mean economic disaster for the rest of us.—– More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
There’s excitement of a ‘space race’ in crypto under Trump, says TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord
Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss expectations for crypto in 2025.
Will Google’s Willow Quantum Computing Chip Destroy Crypto?
Bitcoin fell after Google unveiled its quantum supercomputer Willow that can perform extremely complex computational tasks in no time. Will this be the end for blockchain security? CoinDesk’s Christine Lee presents the “Chart of the Day.”
What’s behind the crypto surge?
ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous takes a closer look at the post-election surge in the cryptocurrency markets.
How Americans Are Losing Their Life Savings To Crypto Fraud
“Pig butchering” scams got its name from the idea that scammers “fatten up” victims by building trust, and the strategy has amassed billions in stolen funds—particularly in the form of cryptocurrencies. Losses from investment scams soared 38% to a new record high in 2023, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report. Of the $4.57 billion in funds reported stolen, $3.96 billion involved fraudulent crypto investments. So, why are these scams so successful and what is law enforcement doing about it?
Blockchain technology is ‘the future of the internet’, says key crypto investor Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz general partner, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the ramifications of SEC’s spot bitcoin ETFs decision, the NFT market, the state of crypto at large, future of crypto regulation, and more.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on how the crypto industry will rebuild
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of US crypto company Ripple, talks about the future of the business, how blockchain technology is developing, and whether the industry is moving on from its recent traumas with CNBC Senior Tech Correspondent Arjun Kharpal.