Currencies

Asian shares were mixed Thursday, with some indexes erasing earlier gains that had echoed a rally on Wall Street.

China's economy expanded at a 6.9 percent pace in 2017, faster than expected and the first annual increase in seven years, the government reported Thursday.

U.S. stocks edged higher in early trading Wednesday, recouping some of the market's losses from a day earlier.

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Bitcoin is dropping sharply as traders worry that regulators in South Korea will crack down on trading of digital currencies.

Multiple arrests involving phony cash have been making the media rounds in over 11 states, including New York, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan, in the last six months.

North Korean government-linked hackers targeted South Korean cryptocurrency users using similar strategies seen in the Sony Pictures hack and WannaCry ransomware attack, according to a new report.

Bitcoin skidded more than 11 percent on Wednesday, extending a precipitous downturn in fortunes with investors spooked by fears regulators might clamp down on an asset whose value has skyrocketed in the past year.

Shares were lower Wednesday in Asia after a flip-flop session on Wall Street, where the Dow industrial average ended almost flat after backtracking from a broad rally earlier in the day.

U.S. stocks climbed broadly in early trading Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average past the 26,000-point mark for the first time.

Fans of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks will soon be able to use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum to buy tickets, according to team owner and billionaire investor Mark Cuban.

Prices of bitcoin and other digital currencies have skidded after South Korea's top financial policymaker said a crackdown on trading of crypto currencies was still possible.

Bitcoin slid as much as 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week low, as worries about a regulatory crackdown on the market spread after reports suggested it was still possible that South Korea could ban trading in cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrency prices slid on Tuesday, after South Korea said shutting down exchanges is still an option.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday following a holiday for U.S. markets as investors looked ahead to American corporate earnings.

Bitcoin tumbled 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week trough close to $11,000, on concerns of a regulatory crackdown.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street's strong finish last week.

Asian stock markets edged higher on Monday after Wall Street's strong finish last week.

Rising retailers pushed U.S. stock indexes further into record territory on Friday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index was on pace to close out its seventh week of gains in the last eight.