U.S. stocks opened lower, cryptocurrency stocks fell broadly, CRCL dropped 5.97%.

BlockBeats news, September 15th, according to BIT (bit.com) monitoring, at the U.S. stock market open, the Dow fell 0.2%, the S&P 500 Index fell 0.1%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.1%. Most storage concept stocks advanced, with Micron Technology (MU.O) up 0.9%, after previously demonstrating the world's first 512GB DDR5 RDIMM memory module, which is expected to enter mass production in the second half of 2027. SK Hynix (SKHY.O) rose 2%. Star tech stocks were mixed, with Nvidia (NVDA.O) up 0.8%, Intel (INTC.O) up 1.6%, Microsoft (MSFT.O) down 0.8%, and Oracle (ORCL.N) down 0.5%.

Optical module stocks rose broadly, among them: COHR up 4.21%, LITE up 1.66%, AAOI up 2.49%, NOK up 2.38%, MRVL up 2.46%.

Crypto concept stocks fell broadly, among them: SBET down 4.81%, BMNR down 4.77%, GEMI down 5.01%, BLSH down 4.25%, CRCL down 5.97%, MSTR down 3.1%, COIN down 5.52%.