Circle Internet rose 6% to $90.65 after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers, which take effect next January. Strategy climbed 8% to $154.41 and Coinbase rose 5% to $178.86, while the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF gained 3%. Circle's Q2 2026 revenue rose 6.6% to $701.3 million and average USDC in circulation climbed 25% to $76.5 billion, though its reserve return rate slipped to 3.5%. Coinbase remains down 21% year to date, while Circle is up 14%.
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BTC/USDT
▲ Likely positiveBitcoin
Relevance: medium
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $1.6T |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 83,028.15 |
| Change that session | +1.33% |
ETH/USDT
▲ Likely positiveEthereum
Relevance: medium
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $294.2B |
| Close on 10/20/2026 | 2,449.20 |
| Change that session | +1.71% |
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