CRCL -shares of Circle climbed 34% and closed at $ 199.59 On June 18 after registering a new of all time for $ 200.90.
The new price peak is approximately 6.5x the initial public offer price of the $ 31 company set on 5 June.
The price jump came one day after the Senate had the guidance of the National Innovation for the American Stablecoins (Genius) ACT In a voice of 51-23Delete the account for home consideration.
Circle CEO and co-founder Jeremy Allaire said: “History is being made” After the approval. He added that signing the Genius Act will bring economic and national competitiveness in the next decades.
The staff of the Huis Financial Services Committee said that planning discussions for the account will start next week, although no floor date has been announced. Proponents want to send the legislation to President Donald Trump for the Augustus break.
In addition, stock traders considered the vote as a catalyst for the sector. The coinbase coinbase added 14%, while the Robinhood hood improved 4.5% and registered a new all time at $ 78.35.
Genius Act Set Framework for Stablecoins
The Genius ACT requires that the expenditure for payment is stablecoin reserves that are equal to outstanding tokens, these reserves limited to cash or short -term treasury, bars provides payments and mandates separate accounts.
Issuing institutions with more than $ 10 billion in obligations would need a federal charter; Smaller companies could operate under qualifying state regimes.
The bill also recommends the Ministry of Finance to release quarterly audits templates and to grant the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, limits supervision of spot markets.
Circle publishes USDC, the second largest dollar-pegged stablecoin. The company earns interest on treasuries that support USDC and retains all that income, which positions it to adhere to Genius without changing the income model.
Coinbase shares in those reserve income by a distribution agreement that is linked to balances on its platform.
Circle’s Close on 18 June increases its market capitalization above $ 48 billion and ranks the new list among the strongest artists of the year on the New York Stock Exchange.
