XRP's Washington Bet 🏛️

Cryptocurrency prices rallied Monday as markets supported favorable regulatory progress, with XRP $XRP ( ▲ 0.51% ) jumping about 5%.

Details: Traders are positioning ahead of a U.S. Senate cloture vote today on the proposed crypto-industry-favorable CLARITY Act. The bill would establish a clearer federal framework for digital assets by allocating oversight between the SEC and CFTC.

Powering the Story: For XRP specifically, investors see progress as reducing the risk of regulation through an uncertain, enforcement-first approach.

Other Details: There were also more inflows on Monday into spot XRP ETFs (exchange-traded funds), which boosted the price.

Background: Monday’s rally hasn’t entirely salvaged XRP’s price, as it is down about 22% this year. But it does give XRP investors some hope if Washington provides a transparent framework for crypto.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: XRP investors should not treat passage as the base case. The version now before the Senate may have improved its odds after revised ethics provisions, but it still faces a difficult 60-vote procedural hurdle today. Even clearing that hurdle would be only the beginning of a much longer legislative path.

Final Thoughts: Beyond XRP, most major crypto prices also jumped about 1% to 3% on Monday.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Trip.com Group (Nasdaq: TCOM), Evolution Petroleum (NYSE American: EPM), Forgent Power Solutions (NYSE: FPS), Vera Bradley (Nasdaq: VRA).

Notable IPOs Today: N/A.

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Demitasse Specialty Coffee (Honeycomb Credit).

Notable Economic Events Today: ADP Employment Change Weekly (8:15 a.m. ET), NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (8:30 a.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Dave & Buster's Collapse

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Dave and Buster's Entertainment $PLAY ( ▲ 4.23% ) plunged 11.38% in after-hours trading on Monday after the restaurant and entertainment business posted bad financial results.

Financials: Dave and Buster's posted a loss of 27 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $544.1 million. Both were lower than expected.

Powering the Story: Revenue fell 2.4% while comparable store sales decreased 2.9%. Higher operating costs resulted in a loss after the company posted a profit in the same period last year.

Final Thoughts: Even before these results, Dave and Buster's stock had lost half of its value in 2026.

Kestra Medical Falls After Results

Kestra Medical Technologies $KMTS ( ▲ 0.22% ) posted mixed financial results on Monday, causing the stock to plunge 10.22% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Kestra Medical reported a loss of 75 cents per share in the past quarter, which was lower than expected. Revenue was $31 million, which was better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock had been down 1.35% this year.

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