Odaily Planet Daily reports that the three major US stock indexes opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.4%, the S&P 500 up 0.4%, and the Nasdaq up 0.5%. Within the crypto sector, Bitmine rose 6.89%, Sharplink Gaming rose 5.26%, and Circle surged approximately 15%.

Earlier news, Bitmine disclosed that it plans to increase the scale of rights issue fundraising to a maximum of US$24.5 billion to acquire more ETH.