U.S. stocks opened lower, with the three major stock indexes opening lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average opening down 0.14%, the SP 500 Index opening down 0.28%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index opening down 0.16%. Bitcoin exceeded $72,000, and cryptocurrency-related stocks generally rose. Coinbase (COIN.O) rose 5.1%, MicroStrategy (MSTR.O) rose 7.3%, and Marathon Digital (MARA.O) rose 5%.