Bitcoin rises past $68,000, extending bounce from Thursday's crash

Strategy, MARA Holdings and Galaxy Digital are among crypto-related stocks posting double-digit percentage gains early Friday. What to know : Bitcoin extended its overnight bounce in U.S. morning trading on Friday, rising past $68,000 after touching $60,000 late Thursday. Strategy (MSTR), MARA Holdings (MARA) and Galaxy Digital (GLXY) are among a group of crypto-related stocks with double-digit percentage gains. Michael Saylor's commitment to addressing the Quantum Computing threat has some saying bitcoin might have bottomed.(Coindesk)