peaked above 5,000, by the way, 5,000 was a lot back then, that was the nasdac is at 14,000, but asrumors about companies and people can't get financing. lots of rumors were wrong, some of them were right, but the market corrected itself, and we're seeing some of the similar stuff seeping into this market right now, and i think one of the issues that is plaguing crypto right now is pending regulation and just how far out on the regulation scale that the two main regulators of crypto, which be janet yellen the treasury secretary and gary gensler, the. isec chair, how far they will go out, we don't know exactly how far they will go out. the rumors are all about how far they will go out. one rumor actually had janet yellen throwing an 80% capital gains rate on cryptocurrency, i find that impossible to believe, but it hurt stocks yesterday, or excuse me, hurt prices yesterday, and it was part of the depressing prices today. again, no basis in fact, treasury is not common, but it's not part of the current budget leaks that we're hearing out of the biden administration that just pure rumo

today the s&p and the nasdac have hit intraday all-time highs , and we close there. right now the s&p is still heading for a record close, nasdac just slightly light but we've got green on the screen. it is all about amazon with less than an hour before what's expected to show a river of profits, bigger than its aquatic namesake, and with the $200 billion man jeff bezos, will he give the thumbs up to a split of the stock? our experts are gathering around the amazon earnings table. they are in front of their cameras you can't miss what they have to say. now as we wait on amazon, e-commerce giant overstock absolutely knocking out the earnings lights as the stock hurdles higher on blockbuster sales, investors want to know when this blockchain business will be a reality as crypto fever hits the nation. we've got overstock ceo jonathan johnson, he is here in a fox business exclusive. >> and the nfl draft is tonight, clemson qb trevor morris, soon to be minted pro-football newest millionaire but one company is hoping to cash in on the thirst of pro-football's fans and the

check the nasdac up 131 points, that's the biggest percentage gainer of the big three. bitcoin stuffing the slide, after dropping below $50,000 for coin on friday, it's now backup above 54,000, finding life right now with a decent- size move, could the crypto comeback come courtesy of jpmorgan? sources telling coin desk that the big bank may be prepping to rollout its own actively-managed bitcoin fund, as early as this summer for its private wealth clients. jpmorgan shares, we could call them up two-thirds of a percent and look at digital currency exchange coinbase getting a grip once again after a struggling after a direct listing a week and a half ago, coinbase better by 3.5% to $301.83 and from crypto to the blue chips, could amazon be ready to join the dow 30 jungle? charlie gasparino breaks it on the mega move that could be in the works if the e-commerce and cloud giants, oh, amazon is a dow component, i'm surprised it's not already there, closing bell ringing in 45 minutes. we are coming right back and we're watching the dow right now that has struggled to get abo

it will start trading on the nasdac. $65 billion. bitcoin is once again at record levels this morning. assess the market for us. >> well, i mean, this is a dpo, direct public offering, and at $250 initial price, it's going to put a value of about 65 billion generally dpo's are priced about 38% less than the ultimate price which means it could be valued as high as $100 billion, which will put it four times bigger than the nasdac exchange, and about 1.5 times the value of the new york stock exchange parent inter continental so this is extraordinary direct public offering. in terms of the market, we think it's going to validate the price of bitcoin, which is nearing or it was at an all-time high and etherium, so this particular exchange which had extraordinary growth is up around 900% in the last year, year-over-year. it's 1.9 billion and its got almost half of it is profitable at 800 million so to the extraordinary story, very exciting time for this type of market. maria: well, look, china is creating the digital yuwan. we

the nasdac is down in part because the yield on the 10 year treasury has gone up to 1.60%.uote by the way, haven't moved that much in the past hour, right now it's at 56, 715. 56,000 that's the number to watch. 56 grand, remember it had been 64,000. we're going to get into that decline shortly. now, this , please. i bet you heard this over the weekend. when should i get out? is it time to sell? it doesn't matter where you put your money. you probably done very well recently and now, in this melt-up situation, you want to know how to protect your winnings. well, this is unique. everything has gone up. a lot, and in this situation, maybe you've had a case of fomo, fear of missing out? when everyone is telling you how much they've made, you naturally want in and if you're a newcomer to investing you're not really familiar with meltdown, crashes or corrections. why not jump in, everybody else is. those of us who have been around a very long time are grappling with this. we have seen meltdowns, crashes and corrections, and we know that at some point, things start going up and st

the dow industrial is up 53 points the nasdac down 138. both beating top and bottom lines this morning and a look at the stocks we are standing by for delta airlines and citigroup as soon as we get those numbers we will bring them to you, and see if there is a market reaction. european markets meanwhile in the green take a look, fq 100 up 33, and the dax index higher by 48. in asia overnight more of a mixed story and fractional moves pretty much across-the-board, " mornings with maria" is live right now. >> now some of the top stories that we are watching this morning, the biden administration preparing to announce sanctions on russia later today. the move a retaliatory action against moscow, for last year's solar wind pack and election interference and the sanctions include the expulsion of 10 russian officials and expanding for additions of u.s. banks trading in russian government debt and president biden announcing all u.s. troops will be out of afghanistan by september 11 the day marking 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attack and for

we've got an indication of when it does finally list on the nasdac, that is coinbase the shop of shops at $380 a share, so the valuation of the company of coinbase looking at around 60- $65 billion this morning now more like closer to $110 billion -plus. i keep stressing i don't want to be redundant about it but it is an important distinction. this is not an initial public offering. this is a direct listing. companies seeking ipo's are generally seeking capital to expand or to get into new markets or to use it as a tool for further expansion efforts. in a direct listing, they are already well-along on that front and they are already doing well. spotify comes to mind, slack comes to mind, they're known entities and known money-makers and already giants and their respective industries as they were. coinbase is kind of the same when it comes to the place you go to to buy or sell or read up on bitcoin, etherium, and all of these other digital investments. this is what could be the interesting part added to the drama. once this is out the gate and we could see what existing holders, or orig

big tech helped all three major averages yesterday, the nasdac was up 181 points at 14, 038 and the s its quarterly numbers this hour, we'll have those numbers for you as the big banks so far have seen a strong start to the quarterly reporting season. let's take a look at the european markets this morning they are off fractionally but across-the-board higher, fq 100 up 34, the cac up 24 and dax index higher by 145 that's about 1% in germany. in asia overnight, green across-the-board we had some pretty strong economic data out of china. the economy there, growing a record 18.3% in the first quarter. of course these numbers are being released from the chinese communist party. shanghai composite was up 1% overnight. former vice president mike pence is recovering after having surgery to implant a pacemaker. cheryl casone with the details now. reporter: that is right, maria pence's office says the pro ed so you're went well and the former vice president is expected to make a full recovery and return to normal activity in the next few days. in 2016 pence revealed he had left bundle branch b

nasdac down 20 and the s&p 500 weaker by 12 points. selling off right now, as the u.s. is calling for a pause on the johnson & johnson vaccine. we're going to have this breaking news from the new york times. we'll bring that story to you it seems to be affecting markets and investors are starting by for first quarter earnings this week, we'll get the big bank earnings beginning tomorrow and yesterday , of course the dow industrials were down 55 the nasdac lower by 50 and s&p 500 down about 1 point, but let's check european markets right now and what is happening and whether or not we're seeing a bit of a sell-off there as well it's up three points and the dax index is up 19. in asia overnight markets finished mostly higher china's trade jumped in march, x points were up 30.6% from a year earlier missing expectations. bitcoins record run, the currency hitting a new all-time high, ahead of the u.so exchange going public. mornings are maria is live right now. >> some of the top story we're watching this mourn, president biden says he's op

today the s&p and the nasdac have hit intraday all-time highs , and we close there.lightly light but we've got green on the screen. it is all about amazon with less than an hour before what's expected to show a river of profits, bigger than its aquatic namesake, and with the $200 billion manef

right now take a look at the markets down 250 on the dow, down 125 on the nasdac.t bad? >> stuart, it really is. the u.s. economy is set to surge in the coming months and millions of more americans are getting vaccinated and traveling more, going out to eat more. i talked to three different restaurant owners over the weekend they all had the same issue they just can't find help. one of the restaurant owners into peak o, kansas owns a bar and restaurant the day after the latest round of stimulus check, half of staff just didn't bother to show up. there was a mcdonald's in georgia the day after the stimulus checks hit the entire staff didn't show up. they had to close the mcdonald's for the day, so i'll tell you, many americans need unemployment desperately, but unfortunately, there's so much free aid going around that i think we're incentivizing laziness in some ways, so we need to prioritize getting americans back to work safely, we're just not incentiv izing and rewarding those that aren't willing to work. stuart: but the end result will probably be higher wages a

the crypto exchange has announced it will begin trading on the nasdac under the ticker symbol coin, you of that news, billionaire crypto mark cuban revealing the one crypto he thinks acts most like old school money. listen. cuban joins the delphi podcast last week saying it's not bitcoin but another crypto that's closest to a true currency. >> so i have a lot of atherium, as well, i wish i'd bought it sooner but i started buying it four years ago, simply because i think it's as close as we have to a true currency. liz: okay, atheriam, that's it, cuban says he's 60% invested in bitcoin, 30% in atherium, and 10 % in "the rest." well cuban is forging ahead in crypto, but let's bring in guy h ersch, managing director of u.s. crypto exchange etoro, and also rocket fuel blockchain ceo peter jensen. guy, give it to me straight, you know, you've got coin-base jumping in saying we're ready to go public, you guys have just been named for new traders and investors in crypto, the top exchange. talk about the business you're seeing in the activity really heating up here? >> i think everything is poi

the shares are jumping even after that landmark nasdac debut and by the way, coinbase, being the sortut most of the components of that, including bitcoin that you can buy or sell there, are all advancing as well. to christian smith, blockchain association executive director. christian, i guess this pretty much puts to doubt the notion that this is just a passing fad, as it is, it's an employee and ing one. what do you make of it? >> yeah, you're absolutely right, neil. i think this past week was monumental moment for the crypto ecosystem. we're now at a point where we've seen how the inner workings of coinbase works through the filings, we know they have 56 million customers, the asset class as a whole is over $2 trillion so there's no putting the genie back in the bottle, crypto is here and it's here to stay. neil: nevertheless, there are some in government who seem to be weary and leary of it at the same time and one of the things we're hearing is that in extreme cases or if it seems that it's a real threat to the system that , you know, that embody them , they will out law it and p