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A man wearing a protective mask rides a bicycle in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after China reported a big jump in factory gate prices at a time when inflation is a top investor concern. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian shares mixed as China reports jump in inflation

By Elaine Kurtenbach Jun. 08, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

Jun. 06, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2021 file photo, people line up for movie tickets at a reopened AMC theater in New York. AMC said Wednesday, June 2, that it’s launching AMC Investor Connect, an initiative that will put the company in direct communication with its individual shareholders to keep them up to date about important company information and provide them with special offers. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
AMC embraces meme stock status, share price nearly doubles

By Michelle Chapman And Stan Choe Jun. 02, 2021 03:11 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 24 The Guardian on a line being crossed in Belarus...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Austin American-Statesman. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Want more Texans back at work? Help them get child care Chuck Cohn...

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is carved in the side of a building, in New York. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street, Friday, May 21, 2021, bringing the S&P 500 out of the red for the week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Stocks end a wobbly day mixed; S&P 500 posts a weekly loss

By Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga May. 21, 2021 02:48 AM EDT

A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Asian shares fell Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street led by big technology stocks. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
More drops in Big Tech pull stocks lower; Bitcoin drops 20%

The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 03:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021 file photo, a pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. On Friday, March 7 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Pfizer admitted in its COVID-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can “shed” the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference following the 2021 Budget, in 10 Downing Street, London. British authorities are exploring the possibility of creating a new digital currency that Treasury chief Rishi Sunak indicated could be known as “Britcoin.” The Bank of England and the Treasury said Monday, April 19, 2021 that they will work together to assess the benefits of a central bank digital currency, at a time when cash payments are generally on the decline, partly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. (Tolga Akmen/Pool Photo via AP, File)
'Britcoin' digital currency being considered by UK

By Pan Pylas Apr. 19, 2021 07:57 AM EDT

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells NFT of first tweet for $2.9M

Mar. 22, 2021 07:03 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold a digital version of his first tweet for more than $2.9 million more than two weeks after he announced a...

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 file photo, a sign in the interior of the NHS vaccination centre in Robertson House, Stevenage, England. An Italian man living in Berlin has on Friday Feb. 26, 2021 been convicted of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds ($13.2 million) in crypto currency. Defendant Emil A., whose last name wasn’t given in line with German privacy laws, was sentenced to three years in prison.(Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, file)
Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

By David Rising Feb. 26, 2021 10:41 AM EST

Air pollution blankets a mountain range in Tehran, Iran, Dec 23, 2020. Iran's capital and its major cities have been plunged into darkness as rolling outages in recent weeks left millions with no electricity for hours. With toxic smog blanketing the skies in Tehran and the country buckling under the strain of the pandemic and sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and gas industry, speculation about the spate of blackouts gripped social media. Soon, fingers pointed at an unlikely culprit: Bitcoin. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran, pressured by blackouts and pollution, targets Bitcoin

By Nasser Karimi And Isabel Debre Jan. 22, 2021 01:03 AM EST

FILE- In this Dec. 21, 2017, file photo, a Bitcoin logo is shown is displayed on an ATM in Hong Kong. The price of bitcoin rose above $20,000 for the first time Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 as the speculative digital currency reached levels not seen since when bitcoin became tradable on Wall Street three years ago this month. Like other instruments used to store value in times of uncertainty, bitcoin has benefited from the pandemic which has push other commodities like gold, silver, platinum up to multi-year highs. But despite its high price, the currency remains a niche investment for most of the public, and remains extremely volatile. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Bitcoin surges past $20,000, erasing 3 years of deep losses

By Ken Sweet Dec. 16, 2020 03:20 PM EST

FILE - In this March 22, 2019 file photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington. The Justice Department has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant organization abroad, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, relied on to raise money for their operations, officials announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
US seizes digital currency accounts used by militant groups

By Eric Tucker Aug. 13, 2020 11:37 AM EDT

FILE In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 a general view of the Camp Nou stadium prior of a Spanish Copa del Rey soccer match between Barcelona and Leganes at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)
Soccer teams turning to virtual 'fan tokens' to raise money

By Tales Azzoni Jun. 24, 2020 08:44 AM EDT