The broader market has surged to record highs in 2025, with the S&P 500 up about 14% year-to-date. Yet this rising tide has left many boats high and dry. A chunk of stocks sits underwater for the year or lag the indexes by double digits, echoing the wide divergences from the late-1990s tech bubble when growth darlings overshadowed steady earners.
Fold, a Bitcoin-first financial services company, announced today that it is tapping Stripe and Visa to power its forthcoming Fold Bitcoin Credit Card™, a product designed to make Bitcoin accumulation as simple as swiping a card. The partnership pairs Stripe's infrastructure with Visa's global payments network, combining scale, reliability, and security with a rewards system denominated entirely in Bitcoin.