This Week in Crypto: Bitcoin's Weak Rally, Filing Taxes, and Regulation
This week's episode of Cheddar's Crypto Craze tackles the latest news and trends in this emerging market. Cheddar's Baker Machado and Brad Smith speak with Fortune Senior Writer Jen Wieczner about the latest headlines.
Bitcoin hovering around the $10,000 mark, but it is still down 50 percent from where it was in December. Wieczner says things are still on the upswing.
This week trading cryptocurrency on Robinhood's platform became available for free, but the roll-out has been gradual. "It's only in five states right now," says Wieczner. "There's still 1.4 million on the waitlist just to trade crypto."
Tobacco manufacturers have started posting new warning signs about cigarettes in over 200,000 stores across the country, one of the final steps in a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Big Tobacco in 1999.
The Week's Top Stories is a guided tour through the biggest market stories of the week, from winning stocks to brutal dips to the facts and forecasts generating buzz on Wall Street.
Ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend, flight delays and cancellations have impacted thousands across the country. Cheddar News checked in from New York's LaGuardia Airport for more.
Overstock.com CEO Jonathan Johnson joined Cheddar News after a bankruptcy court approved its purchase of Bed Bath & Beyond's digital and IP assets. Johnson looked ahead to what consumers can expect as those assets are absorbed into Overstock.com and what lies ahead overall.
