Stocks & Cryptocurrency Market Specialist
Michael Bennett is American Commerce Review’s Stocks and Cryptocurrency Market Specialist, covering U.S. equity markets, digital assets, publicly traded companies, and the changing relationship between traditional finance and blockchain-based markets.
His analysis focuses on the numbers behind market movements, including earnings reports, SEC filings, institutional positioning, interest-rate expectations, cryptocurrency market structure, and major developments affecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader digital-asset industry. Bennett writes for readers looking to understand not simply where markets are moving, but the economic and corporate forces driving those moves.
Michael's market work is deliberately evidence-led in areas where price action can overwhelm context. He separates a security's movement from the explanation offered for it, checking earnings, filings, rates and market-structure developments before treating a narrative as causal. The same discipline applies to digital assets, where liquidity, regulation and positioning can change quickly.
His cryptocurrency coverage is framed as part of the wider financial system rather than as a separate culture or technology beat. He follows how Bitcoin, Ethereum and other major assets interact with listed companies, institutional capital, regulation and risk appetite, and avoids treating short-term volatility as proof of a longer-term investment thesis.
A guide to the largest US banking groups by assets, how the Federal Reserve measures bank size and why assets, deposits and market value produce different rankings.
Bitcoin is up about 27% in August 2026 and trading near $80,000 as US spot ETF inflows strengthen. Here is what could determine whether the rally holds.
Solana has climbed back above $100 after a strong August rally. SOL is outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum as crypto risk appetite broadens.
Nvidia's latest results show AI infrastructure spending remains exceptionally strong, with data-center revenue up 117% year on year and a $108bn quarterly forecast.
Ethereum surged about 18% in one day to above $2,250 as ETF inflows, short liquidations and improving crypto sentiment drove ETH sharply higher.
The largest US banks by consolidated assets, based on Federal Reserve data, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and US Bank.
Bitcoin held above $65,000 after the US Senate delayed the Clarity Act, with ETF inflows and a softer dollar supporting BTC despite regulatory uncertainty.
Bitcoin traded near $64,000 in early August while global equities reached records, highlighting crypto's weak recovery relative to US stocks.
Which US states have the most publicly traded companies? A state-by-state look at the leading headquarters markets for exchange-listed US businesses.
The US states with the most S&P 500 company headquarters, with analysis of technology, energy, finance and industrial concentration.
A guide to the states with the largest numbers of bank headquarters and why institution count differs from banking assets and deposits.
The US states with the largest bank deposit bases, using FDIC Summary of Deposits data and analysis of financial-centre effects.