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Bitcoin rallies amid a short squeeze and regulatory efforts. Coinbase, Bullish win price target hikes. These crypto stocks break out.

Coinbase Global (COIN) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

Coinbase Global, the largest U.S. crypto exchange, said Monday that it is allowing users to request shares of companies ahead of their stock-market debuts. Starting this week, traders will be able to request shares of upcoming initial public offerings at offer price in the Coinbase app.

An SEC order carving out a regulated path for tokenized U.S. stocks just sent Ethereum surging and lit a fire under a handful of crypto equities, but the connection between that rulebook and these stock gains runs through a far thinner thread than most traders realize.

Bitcoin prices rose Monday to their highest levels in eight months, and Strategy Inc. the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin purchased about $76 million worth of the cryptocurrency last week. The cryptocurrency traded as high as $85,166 intraday, its highest since Jan. 29. Bitcoin also was on pace for its highest 4 p.m. Eastern time price level since Jan. 28, when it traded at $89,004.47, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Bitcoin just broke a barrier it had failed to clear four times in a month, and three forces collided on the same morning to make it happen. Understanding which of those forces can last tells you whether this rally has legs or burns out by quarter end.

Investing.com -- Crypto-linked stocks climbed in premarket trading Monday, tracking a sharp rebound in Bitcoin, which reached its highest level in more than seven months.

Bitcoin rally back on.

↗️ Intel (INTC), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): The AI trade is continuing to find strength after a rally that began again last week, sending shares of chip makers, server designers and related companies higher.

Stocks have largely powered through a wall of worry this month, though rising bond yields, geopolitical risk in the Middle East, and AI jitters have given investors reason to pause

Key TakeawaysBitcoin Breakout: Coinbase stock jumped 12% on Friday, September 18, as bitcoin cleared $80,000 for the first time in weeks, making COIN the S&P 500’s top percentage gainer that session. Split Verdict: The Street carries 18 buys, 3 outperforms, 11 holds, one underperform and one sell on Coinbase stock, with a $202 mean target sitting just 4% above Friday’s close.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev tells CNBC he expects crypto to overtake sports as prediction markets' top category within years.

As the bulls reassert their power, leading stocks like SanDisk, Coinbase, and Moderna are setting up in constructive base structures.

Coinbase's CEO said that SEC and CFTC standards may be more lenient than the bill.

A landmark bill meant to usher digital assets into mainstream finance collapsed last week in the Senate following a high-stakes clash between the banking lobby, congressional negotiators and crypto power brokers. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong exercised de-facto veto power over key provisions of the Clarity Act, repeatedly opposing restrictions on interest-like token rewards and frustrating allies on both sides of the aisle. Between intense pushback from Wall Street bankers and Democratic scrutiny over President Trump’s $1.4 billion in crypto income, the industry squandered its clearest opportunity yet for a federal regulatory framework.

Coinbase Global (NasdaqGS:COIN) reported that its agentic trading stack powered most crypto transaction flows over the past week. Management highlighted Grok as a leading AI agent on the platform, driving a large share of AI agent-driven trading volumes. Developer-built custom interfaces using Coinbase for Agents and the x402 payment protocol accounted for the majority of notional market activity. The rise of Coinbase’s agent-driven trading workflows, led by Grok and custom agents, needs to...

Fairshake is sitting on $193 million to shape the midterms, but one crypto donor contributed for reasons far more personal than the others, betting the entire future of its business on what happens November 3.

As of September 19, 2026, Hyperliquid (CRYPTO:HYPE) is trading at $92.31, marking an impressive 18% increase from $78.48 just a week prior. On the same day, the HYPE price hit a record high of $94.46, according to Coinbase. Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), however, closed at $81,214, reflecting a more modest 5.11% rise for the week and still […]

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was at the center of a protracted fight over the role of digital assets in mainstream finance.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong quietly slashed his Bitcoin price target by 60% while keeping his 2030 deadline intact, and the math behind his new number reveals just how narrow the path to getting there actually is.

XRP ETFs have stalled well short of a key milestone, and three straight weeks of slowing inflows raise a pointed question: was August the peak, or can something still shake fund investors back into action?

Blue Macellari of asset manager T. Rowe Price said agency rulemaking could replace the CLARITY Act and move faster.

Coinbase’s filing used an Apple contract as its model, which is cash-settled, has no fixed expiration, and would trade from Sunday to Friday.

Key TakeawaysBitcoin Rebound: MARA stock jumped 14% Friday as bitcoin surged near $81,000. Split Verdict: Six buys, two outperforms, four holds, one underperform and one sell make up the 14 analysts TIKR tracks on MARA stock, whose mean target of $18 sits 39% above Friday’s close.

Key TakeawaysBitcoin Breakout: Coinbase stock jumped 12% on Friday, September 18, closing at $194, as bitcoin cleared $80,941 and new CFTC and SEC rulemaking reignited the regulatory tailwind Congress couldn’t deliver. Buy Wall: TIKR tracks 18 buys, 3 outperforms, and 11 holds on Coinbase stock.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan reversed a months-long warning about the CLARITY Act within 24 hours of its Senate defeat, and the market celebrated his pivot. But three quiet caveats buried in his memo tell a different story about what he actually believes.

Stablecoin rewards are payments for holding dollar-pegged tokens, similar to interest on savings accounts. These payments continued even after the CLARITY Act, which aimed to limit them, failed in the Senate on September 15, 2026. The lack of a cap did not boost Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) or Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) stock. Millions of people collect […]

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the SEC announced a five-year conditional Innovation Exemption allowing eligible platforms to trade tokenized U.S. equities without standard exchange registration.

The stock market showed choppy, mixed weekly action. But Robinhood, Sandisk, AMD and Moderna rallied into buy areas.

The price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) and other cryptocurrencies strengthened heading into the weekend after a volati...