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Bitcoin Ricochets Around $93K at Pivotal Point; Circle, Gemini Lead Crypto Stock Rebound

Bitcoin shot up 10% in two days, but it's stalling at around the 2025 yearly open.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 3 (CoinDesk)

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Wall Street's Biggest IREN Bull Hiked Price Target to $142 After $9.7B Microsoft AI Deal

The bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure play received three price target raises following yesterday's news, including from Bernstein, which lifted to $125.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

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IREN Soars 30% After Inking $9.7B AI Cloud Deal With Tech Giant Microsoft

The deal is indicative of how miners’ once-volatile hardware fleets are increasingly viewed as strategic compute assets, bridging the gap between blockchain and AI.

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Bitcoin Miners Rally in Pre-Market as Sector Nears $90B Market Cap

AI and high-performance computing demand fuel fresh gains, with miners eyeing a potential $100 billion market cap by year-end

Miner Share Price YTD (TradingView)

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Asia Morning Briefing: MSFT, Meta Soar on Strong AI Earnings, but Crypto AI Tokens Fail to Follow

MSFT and Meta both rocketed off in after-hours trading after reporting strong earnings, thanks to Artificial Intelligence, but on the crypto side, there wasn't much movement.

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Bitcoin’s Recent Drawdown Proves Its More Than Just a Leveraged Tech Play

Despite a 26% drop from all-time highs, bitcoin holds steady compared to leading tech stocks, signaling increasing maturity.

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Tech

Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Coinbase, MetaMask Wallets

A new report from Microsoft researchers warned of malware that could steal and decrypt users’ information from 20 of some of the most popular cryptocurrency wallets.

Microsoft shareholders voted against adding bitcoin to its company's treasury. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

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Core Scientific Shares Drop 15% as Microsoft Cuts CoreWeave Commitments

AI cloud provider faces setback as major client pulls back.

Core Scientific CEO Mike Levitt (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Microsoft, Russia Consider Proposals to Buy Bitcoin

Microsoft shareholders voted against a proposal that would have directed the company board to consider adding bitcoin to the firm's treasury holdings. Plus, Russia's plan for a strategic bitcoin reserve and crypto developments in Latin America. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

Microsoft, Russia Consider Proposals to Buy Bitcoin

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Microsoft Shareholders Vote Down Bitcoin Treasury Proposal

The negative vote was expected even as MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor tried to convince Microsoft shareholders otherwise.

Microsoft shareholders voted against adding bitcoin to its company's treasury. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)