Bitcoin flirted with a run toward the landmark $100,000 level, buoyed by expectations of friendly US regulations and expanding investor interest courtesy of President-elect Donald Trump’s support for crypto.
The largest digital asset traded at $98,944 as of 5:13 a.m. Friday in London after earlier hitting a record $99,368. The crypto market as a whole has gained about $1 trillion since Trump’s Nov. 5 election win.
