Crypto Pulse—US Stocks

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) stock surged on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, after the company reported topline results from a maintenance study of VK2735, its experimental obesity drug. Patients kept most of their weight loss after switching from weekly injections to every-other-week or monthly doses. By late morning, the shares were trading at $38.08, up 26.5%.Key TakeawaysAfter 21 weeks of weekly VK2735 injections, patients had lost about 16%–19% of their body weight, compared with roughly

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) traded higher on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, after SoFi and Mastercard switched on stablecoin settlement for SoFi Bank's debit and credit cards. SoFi is moving the whole card program, which it expects to process more than $25 billion a year, onto settlement in SoFiUSD, the dollar stablecoin its bank issues. The shares gained nearly 5% early in the session before giving back much of the move. Key TakeawaysOn September 22, 2026, SoFi Bank became what SoFi calls th

The last session was Monday, September 21, and all three indexes rose: the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.26% to close at 27,122.09, the S&P 500 1.49% and the Dow 0.71%, so the Dow trailed the Nasdaq by 1.55 percentage points. The stock in focus is Meta (META), up 11.34% at $741.25, with market value rising about $192B in one session. The industry averaged 4.87% and Meta added 6.47 points on top, so this was a group led higher, not a counter-move. Three Fed officials speak in sequence from 14:05 toda

Zcash (ZEC), the largest privacy coin, is up 21x over the past year, crossing $1,000 in September 2026 at a market capitalisation of roughly $17.9B. Once the move had everyone's attention, the question that followed was which US-listed names benefit from it. The short answer first: exposure is not benefit. This piece verifies five of them one by one — Cypherpunk Technologies (CYPH), The Zcash ETF (ZCSH), Coinbase Global (COIN), Gemini Space Station (GEMI) and Robinhood Markets (HOOD) — and break

The last session was Friday, September 18, and the three indexes split: the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.39%, the S&P 500 0.17%, and the Dow fell 0.18%. The stock in focus is Strategy (MSTR), up 16.39% at $153.92. ⚠ Its industry bucket averaged −1.19% that day, so this was a counter-move, not a group led higher. At 10:30 UTC today Chicago Fed President Goolsbee speaks in public, the first Fed official to do so since the September 16 hike. Academy is the Monday weekend catch-up: China revenue share, f

The previous session was Thursday, September 17. All three indexes rebounded: the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.69% to 26,418.30, the S&P 500 rose 1.13% to 7,637.05 and the Dow Jones Industrial rose 0.61% to 51,778.04. Stocks fell on Wednesday's hike day and took it all back and more on Thursday. The stock in focus is Intel (INTC), up 7.67% to $108.80 and adding $39.1B of market value in one session. The Nasdaq semiconductor industry averaged only 0.59% that day, leaving 7.08 points of excess return,

The previous session was Wednesday, September 16. The Fed raised the federal funds range to 3.75%–4.00%, a 25 basis point move passed 12–0, and the first hike since 2023. The statement says inflation remains elevated and that the hike is meant to return inflation to 2% more promptly. All three indexes closed lower, but the spread between them was wide: the Dow Jones Industrial fell 1.21% to 51,461.90, the S&P 500 fell 0.43% to 7,553.33, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.01% to 25,978.42, essential

What to KnowThe Fed raised its target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, from 3.50%–3.75% held since December 2025.The decision was unanimous, 12–0. It was Chair Kevin Warsh's first rate-hike vote.The median projected federal funds rate for end-2026 rose to 4.1%, up from 3.8% in June.16 of 18 officials projected at least one additional increase this year; four projected two.The 2026 PCE inflation forecast rose from 3.6% to 3.7%; core PCE from 3.3% to 3.4%.The 2026 unemployment forecast fel

The last session was Tuesday, September 15. All three indices closed lower the day before the decision, with the S&P 500 down 0.45% at 7,585.51, the Nasdaq Composite down 0.78% and the Dow Jones Industrial down 0.63%. The pressure came from the bond market: the 10-year Treasury yield touched 5% on Monday, its highest since 2023. Today's stock in focus is Skyworks (SWKS), up 13.55% at $90.00, and what rose was a merger close to the finish line. The $22B combination with Qorvo is in its final stag

Circle fell around 8–9% on September 15, 2026 after the U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act, 49–50 against a 60-vote threshold. The bill is not dead — a senator voted no specifically to preserve a motion to reconsider. Circle launches the Arc public mainnet on September 16, giving it a company-specific catalyst one day after a sector-wide setback.Circle Internet Group enters September 16 with two catalysts pulling in opposite directions.On Tuesday the Senate failed to invoke