Bitcoin breaks $27K after court vacates SEC ruling on Grayscale bitcoin ETF

Aug 30, 2023 .
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  • 4:05 PM ET: Updates with closing stock prices and late afternoon crypto prices.

  • Bitcoin (BTC-USDrose 7.3% in Tuesday afternoon trading (about 4:02 PM ET), topping $27K for the first time since Aug. 17, after a federal court vacated a Securities and Exchange Commission ruling that had prohibited Grayscale from starting a bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the U.S.

  • A three-judge panel granted Grayscale's petition for review and vacated the SEC's order, according to the opinion.

  • Other cryptocurrencies also jumped on the news. Ethereum (ETH-USD) gained 5.7% to $1.72K, Binance coin (BNB-USDrose 4.6%, XRP (XRP-USD) +3.6%, and cardano (ADA-USD+4.0%

  • With the crypto strength, stocks exposed to bitcoin also climbed. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), which has billions of dollars' worth of bitcoin on its balance sheet, jumped 11%. Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARAsurged 29%, Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT+17%, Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT+16%, Hive Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE+15%, and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK+16%.

  • Crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) soared 15% and Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT), a crypto platform for corporations, climbed 12%