Crypto markets rally on CLARITY Act optimism
Optimism (OP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Crypto Briefing reports that crypto markets gained ground on Monday as optimism over a US crypto bill revived risk appetite. Bitcoin rose as much as 1.8% to $78,674, moving closer to the $80,000 level. The probability of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passing this year climbed from roughly 14% to nearly 30% on Polymarket.
Crypto equities posted larger gains, with Coinbase shares climbing as much as 8% and Circle rising as much as 6.4%. Stefan von Haenisch, managing director and head of BitGo Prime, said the stronger performance of crypto equities suggested investors were assigning some value to the prospect of clearer US regulation. The move came ahead of procedural votes expected later this week after Republican senators released a final draft of the CLARITY Act.
The updated version would give the Treasury Secretary authority to intervene if deposit flight became detrimental to community banks. It also introduced new ethics requirements for the president and other elected officials holding crypto assets. Under the proposal, significant crypto holdings would need to be divested or placed into a blind trust to avoid financial penalties. State attorneys general would also receive authority to help enforce the ethics provisions.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for OP, measured when this story was written up on 14 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Optimism (OP) is trading at $0.09480 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 49.7% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 58.5%. These short-term figures are higher than the 24-hour buy ratio of 54.3%, indicating that buying pressure is building in the most recent hours. The 1-hour volume delta is negative at -$2,651, while the 4-hour delta is positive at +$529,292. Volume delta measures the net value of buys minus sells; a positive delta means buyers are in control. The 24-hour cumulative volume delta is +$1,322,464, showing that net buying has dominated the day.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.4% sits at the 5th percentile of the last 324 days, against a median of 50.1% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for OP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, OP experienced a 14.0% price decline and saw volume at 0.39x its average. Today's 24-hour buy ratio of 54.3% is 4.9 points higher than the 7-day average of 49.4%. This suggests that while the coin is down significantly over the week, today's buying activity is unusually strong compared to the recent average. Net buying occurred on 3 of the last 7 days, with a total volume delta of -$185,299 for the period.