Several crypto-linked stocks continued rising after U.S. markets opened on Aug. 21, according to BIT (bit.com) market data. GEMI gained 10.03%, HOOD rose 12.98%, CRCL advanced 9.25% and COIN climbed 9.6%. AI-related shares traded unevenly: storage company SanDisk fell 0.34%, neocloud company NBIS rose 2.78%, Hynix gained 1.85% and optical communications stock LITE added 2.01%.