Bitcoin Price Passes $50,000: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today

Bitcoin is on the rise and stock futures are up, a day after a selloff among major technology firms dragged down broader indexes. Here’s what we’re watching as we get ready for Tuesday’s trading session.

  • Bitcoin’s dollar value cracked $50,000 for the first time in a month, rising 2.4% to $50,207.72 from its 5 p.m. ET level Monday, according to data from CoinDesk. Shares of cryptocurrency companies also gained, with Coinbase COIN -0.80% Global up 1.6%. Bitcoin mining companies Hut 8 Mining and Marathon Digital Holdings MARA 1.39% added more than 3% each premarket.

Stocks of bitcoin miners were climbing alongside the cryptocurrency.

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  • Cotton futures are trading at their highest price in about a decade, with growing Chinese demand being met in part by rising U.S. exports to China, a curiosity of Trump-era trade-war policies.

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