Crypto-linked stocks rebounded sharply after heavy losses earlier in the week as investors digested fresh moves by U.S. regulators to advance cryptocurrency and blockchain rules despite the Senate’s failure to move forward with the CLARITY Act.

 

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Strategy rose more than 13%, while Coinbase and American Bitcoin gained about 11% each. Robinhood climbed nearly 9%, while Circle, Strive and bitcoin miner Riot Platforms rose between 5% and 7%, according to Yahoo Finance data.

Bitcoin also recovered, rising about 5% over 24 hours to trade ~$80,800, reversing part of the decline that followed the Senate’s September 15 2026 failure to advance the broader crypto market-structure legislation. Coinbase and Circle had fallen about 10% after the vote while Strategy and Strive dropped about 5% and American Bitcoin declined roughly 8%.

 

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The rebound came as regulators moved ahead using existing authority. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued no-action relief for certain passive software providers while the Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a 5-year exemption for qualifying platforms facilitating on-chain trading of tokenized securities.

 

 

The SEC’s exemption is significant because it creates a regulatory pathway for platforms to trade blockchain-based representations of stocks while preserving shareholder rights such as dividends and voting. The agency’s framework also allows companies to object to their shares being tokenized.

The CFTC separately submitted a proposed crypto market regulatory framework to the White House for review, although the filing did not disclose details of the planned rules.

The developments offer a regulatory path for parts of the crypto industry even as comprehensive legislation remains stalled in Congress. The SEC has said it intends to continue its crypto rulemaking agenda regardless of the CLARITY Act’s progress.

 

 

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