Crypto stocks close on huge gains riding Donald Trump’s US election win
United States crypto stocks ended the trading day on massive gains — most at double-digits — after a sweeping election win by Donald Trump and a new Bitcoin all-time high.
Crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc (COIN), one of the biggest donors in the election cycle, saw the biggest gain on Nov. 6, closing up 31.11% at $254.3, now up 62.1% so far this year, according to Google Finance.
The popular trading house Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD) also jumped 19.6% on the day, as did Bitcoin (BTC) miner MARA Holdings Inc (MARA) — formerly Marathon Digital. The BTC buying MicroStrategy Inc (MSTR) also closed up over 13%.
COIN surged over Nov. 6 on Trump’s win and Bitcoin’s new price highs. Source: Google Finance
Other US Bitcoin miners are up also, with Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT) closing up 26%, CleanSpark Inc (CLSK) up 23% and Hut 8 Corp (HUT) gaining 11%.
Traders are seemingly optimistic that Republicans could seize control of Congress alongside the White House, leaving little resistance for two GOP-backed crypto bills to pass into law.
Republican president-elect Trump ran a staunchly pro-crypto campaign and even promised to create a strategic Bitcoin stockpile.
He appears on track to win 312 electoral college votes, well clearing the 270 needed to win, as the Associated Press shows he’s ahead in the key swing states of Nevada and Arizona that are yet to be called.
Trump leads by around five percentage points in both Arizona and Nevada, with 66% and 87% of votes counted, respectively. Source: AP
His party won a majority in the Senate and is ahead in House seats, but that could change with 40 still left to call.
The Republican majority Senate will be seated in January and could pass the GOP-backed Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) if it’s not passed in the lame-duck session.
The bill looks to hand more regulatory control over crypto to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission but stalled in the Senate banking committee after passing the House in May.
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The GOP’s stablecoin regulatory framework bill could also be back in play with a Republican House majority, as it stalled after passing the Financial Services Committee last July.
Bitcoin’s rocketing price is another likely catalyst for the stock price jump.
TradingView shows it continued to break new highs throughout the New York trading day, reaching its current all-time peak of $76,509.56 on Coinbase one minute before the New York Stock Exchange closed at 4 pm (9 pm UTC).
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