Cryptocurrency‑related stocks rallied broadly. BTC Digital soared 65%, Volatility Shares 2x Ether ETF rose 16%, GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF climbed 15%, MARA Holdings gained more than 10%, Strategy advanced nearly 8%, Coinbase Global, Inc. increased over 6%, and Riot Platforms rose more than 5%, while Circle Internet Corp. was up over 4%.
On the news front, bitcoin topped $72,000 per coin, hitting its highest level since June 2.
U.S. President Trump met at the White House with senior executives from multiple cryptocurrency‑industry firms, including representatives from Coinbase, Payward and Blockchain, further boosting market expectations that the Trump administration will foster a regulatory‑friendly environment for digital assets.
In addition, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put forward a new proposal this week that would allow certain digital‑asset issuances to be exempt from filing securities registration statements.
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