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Circle Rockets After Stablecoin Bill Clears Senate, Pushes Post-IPO Rally to Over 500%

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) soared 34% on Wednesday, adding another 6% after-hours, as the U.S. Senate passed a landmark bill laying the groundwork for regulated, dollar-backed stablecoins.
The move pushed Circle’s stock to $199.59 on Wednesday’s closing, with a high of $211.87 in after-hours trading. The stock is now up over 540% since its June 5 debut, marking one of the fastest climbs for a crypto stock after opening to the public.
The GENIUS Act outlined how U.S. firms can issue and manage fiat-backed stablecoins for payments. It still needs House approval and President Donald Trump’s signature, but the Senate vote signals strong bipartisan support for bringing crypto payments into the U.S. regulatory perimeter.
“History is being made,” Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said on X, calling the bill a breakthrough for American competitiveness.
Trump, in a Truth Social post, said the bill would make the U.S. the “undisputed leader in digital assets.”
“The Senate just passed an incredible Bill that is going to make America the UNDISPUTED Leader in Digital Assets — Nobody will do it better, it is pure GENIUS,” Trump’s Truth Social post reads. “Digital Assets are the future, and our Nation is going to own it.”
Circle, the issuer of USDC, currently the world’s second-largest stablecoin by circulating value, has long pushed for clear rules around crypto dollars. Wednesday’s rally reflects investor confidence that Circle will be the chief beneficiary if the U.S. formally embraces stablecoins as digital cash equivalents.
Volume surged to over 60 million shares, nearly 2 times the average. CRCL traded between $148 and $200.89 on the day. Its market cap now sits above $48 billion, dwarfing several legacy payments firms.
Bernstein analysts, who initiated coverage on CRCL earlier this week, said the bill would “re-shore stablecoin innovation” and draw activity back from offshore issuers to regulated U.S. players.
“The bill clearly defines stablecoins as payment stablecoins,” said analyst Gautam Chhugani, “making their legal treatment closer to digital cash—and opening the door to mainstream adoption beyond crypto rails.”
Read more: Compliant Stablecoins Will Become the ‘Money Layer of the Internet:’ Canaccord
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Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

Shares of Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) rose 43% this month, making the firm the top performer in the S&P 500 since it joined the index at the end of last month.
June’s run is already the stock’s best since November and caps three straight monthly gains. Coinbase’s shares reached their highest level since their public debut.
COIN hit a $382 high this week before enduring a slight correction, ending the week at $353 and seeing a slight 0.7% drop in after-hours trading to $351.
The wider S&P 500 index rose roughly 5% in June as geopolitical tensions eased.
Washington’s progress on the GENIUS Act, Congress’s first rulebook for dollar-pegged stablecoins, helped shift investor focus from trading fees to stablecoin revenue.
The bill brightened the outlook for Circle, whose shares hit a record high and saw its market cap near that of Coinbase this week.
Coinbase keeps all yield on USDC balances held on its platform and nearly half of other USDC income, equal to about 99 percent of Circle’s revenue, giving shareholders indirect exposure at no added cost, CNBC reported Friday, citing analysts including Citizens’ head of financial technology research Devin Ryan.
Trading, however, remains subdued. Average daily volume on Coinbase has drifted lower since April.
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Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin (BTC), solana (SOL) and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts.
Micro contracts need far less collateral than full-size futures, letting traders take directional positions while committing a smaller slice of capital.
The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on a cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.
The launch rounds out a futures suite that began with BTC and ETH in January. It also comes weeks after the firm closed its $200 million purchase of Bitstamp and finalized a $179 million deal for Canada’s WonderFi.
Robinhood’s data shows that crypto notional volumes have exploded upward over time, reaching $11.7 billion in May. The figure marks a 36% rise month-over-month, and a 65% growth year-over-year.
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Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

XRP climbed 5.5% to $2.19 in the last 24 hours after a trio of catalysts converged to help the cryptocurrency outperform the wider cryptocurrency market.
One of the catalysts was launch of XRP micro futures on Robinhood. The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on the cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.
Regulatory fog also thinned. On Friday, Ripple withdrew its cross-appeal in its long-running U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit. The SEC sued Ripple back in 2020 over its XRP sales, alleging these violated securities laws. The SEC is expected to drop its own appeal, leaving last year’s ruling, ordering Ripple to pay a $125 million civil penalty to the SEC, intact. The move could lift a lid that had kept some investors on the sidelines.
On-chain data rounded out the bullish setup. The XRP Ledger logged over a 1.1 million active addresses over the past week according to crypto analyst Ali Martinez, who cited Glassnode data.
XRP’s rise saw it outperform the wider crypto market, with the broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index rising 1.7% in the last 24 hours.
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