U.S. stocks open, cryptocurrency-related stocks generally rise

The US stock market opened with the three major indices down, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.14%, the SP 500 Index down 0.28%, and the Nasdaq down 0.16%. Bitcoin broke through $72,000, and related cryptocurrency stocks rose across the board, with Coinbase (COIN.O) up 5.1%, MicroStrategy (MSTR.O) up 7.3%, and Marathon Digital (MARA.O) up 5%.