Bitcoin Regains $81,000 After Two Weeks as Solana Jumps 11%

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Major cryptocurrencies rallied across the board, led by Bitcoin. Investor sentiment improved despite delays in U.S. crypto market-structure legislation and a Federal Reserve rate increase, helped by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s easing of rules on tokenized stock trading and renewed inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

On Sept. 18, Bitcoin traded at $81,128 in Binance’s Tether market. That was up 6.25% from a day earlier and put the token back above $81,000 for the first time in two weeks, since Sept. 4.

Altcoins posted even bigger gains. Ether rose 7.20% to $2,620, while XRP climbed 7.95% to $1.40. Solana surged 11.6% to $113, standing out among major cryptocurrencies. Dogecoin also rose about 8% to $0.088. BNB gained 3.8%, while Zcash advanced 3.7%.

A shift in U.S. regulatory policy was a key driver of the rebound. On Sept. 17, the SEC introduced an “Innovation Exemption” that grants some trading platforms a conditional five-year regulatory waiver, allowing stocks listed on U.S. exchanges to be tokenized and traded on blockchain networks. SEC Chair Paul Atkins described the move as a step toward bringing U.S. capital markets on-chain.