Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed an unexpected item on the agenda for its upcoming annual shareholder meeting on Dec. 10. Alongside routine votes—such as the election of directors,

As of 8 a.m. ET, the price of bitcoin, or 1 BTC, was $66,418.81. The crypto’s highest intraday price in the past year was $73,750.07 on March 14, 2024. The chart above pulls data as of 8 a.m. ET daily and doesn’t display intraday highs or lows.

On October 21, open interest in Bitcoin derivatives reached an unprecedented high, indicating a robust engagement in the market as the price of Bitcoin approached the $70,000 threshold. CoinGlass reported that the open interest (OI) on Bitcoin futures contracts had escalated to a record $40.