Bitcoin's Price Appears to Be at Risk of Being Branded as Security

US tech stocks rose at the open on Friday as investors turned to industry's biggest names following a week of strong earnings results. Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, gained 1.6%, trading at $79.13 per barrel. Gold, meanwhile, gained just over half a point, trading at $2,000 per tryouts. Today's traditional market coverage draws from the FT and market watch. today's crypto coverage comes courtesy of coin desk markets analysts, Lilla Ledesma, Will Canney, James Rubin and Pete Passhel.