The largest token climbed as much as 6.1% on Sunday and extended gains to hit an unprecedented US$81,891 on Monday, before changing hands at US$81,550 as of 5.10am in London. Bullish sentiment lifted smaller coins too, including Dogecoin, a meme-crowd favorite promoted by Trump supporter Elon Musk.
Bitcoin rallied past US$81,000 ($107,595.54) for the first time, boosted by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of digital assets and the prospect of a Congress featuring pro-crypto lawmakers.
Trump was declared the winner in Arizona, marking a clean sweep of the seven US battleground states. His decisive victory in the presidential election has prompted celebratory chest-thumping from the digital-asset industry, which spent over US$100 million backing a range of crypto-friendly candidates.
