- Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $80,450, up about 5% from a day earlier.
- Near Protocol (NEAR) jumped 31.11%, while Arbitrum (ARB) rose 29.84%, Uniswap (UNI) gained 25.12%, and Aptos (APT) advanced 20.76%.
- Expectations are rising for wider use of related blockchain infrastructure after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved to ease regulation for digital assets and announced a plan to allow tokenized stock trading.
Bitcoin Tops $80,000
Bitcoin, the leading digital asset, continued to rally. Altcoins also extended their gains as easing moves by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission bolstered sentiment.
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Sep 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM UTC · 1 분 소요
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Bitcoin, the leading digital asset, continued to rally. Altcoins also extended their gains as easing moves by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission bolstered sentiment.
As of 10:51 p.m. on September 18, Bitcoin was trading at $80,450 on Binance, up about 5% from a day earlier.
Altcoins posted even stronger percentage gains. According to CoinMarketCap, Near Protocol (NEAR) jumped 31.11% from a day earlier. Over the same period, Arbitrum (ARB) climbed 29.84%, Uniswap (UNI) gained 25.12%, and Aptos (APT) rose 20.76%.
Bitcoin moved from $78,966.1 to $85,497.4 over the last 30-day period, a gain of 8.3 percent.
Source: Kraken · NewsLayer Markets · Updated 몇 초 전
Ether.fi (ETHFI) advanced 18.26%, while Jupiter (JUP) and Injective (INJ) rose 17.40% and 17.29%, respectively.
The altcoin rally appears to reflect improving investor sentiment as the SEC has recently stepped up efforts to overhaul digital-asset regulation.
The SEC on September 17 announced an "innovation exemption" plan to temporarily allow tokenized stock trading for the next five years. The move has raised expectations that if tokenized stock trading expands, use of the related blockchain infrastructure that supports it will increase as well.
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- Sep 18Bitcoin Tops $80,000
- Sep 22Bitcoin Pauses After Breaching $87,000... Short Squeeze and SEC Deregulation Fuel Rally
- Sep 22AI Optimism Overrides a More Hawkish Fed as Nasdaq Hits Record, Bitcoin Breaks Out
- Sep 22Bitcoin retreated after surging more than 13% to hit an eight-month high, with market focus shifting to the $84,000 threshold.
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