Opening Bell: December 22, 2017

It's been a volatile week for the cryptocurrency, with prices of Bitcoin dropping 25 percent overnight. Plus former Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying he'll step down as executive chairman of the company's parent, Alphabet. Plus SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted pictures of the Falcon Heavy rocket as it gets ready for launch in the coming weeks. We break down the private space race with Rockets Are Cool. And the Pentagon is investigating the possibility of UFOs! Inverse's Space Editor tells us about the spooky video.

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