Bitcoin retreated to $119,186.31 on Friday, down 2.3% for the day, as a record-breaking surge to $124,480.82 barely 24 hours earlier gave way to heavy selling, $1 billion in leveraged liquidations, ...

U.S. consumer sentiment declined to its lowest level in more than three years and near an all-time low as households' concerns about the economic impact of the government shutdown mounted, according ...