Bitcoin shrugged off a dip in global stock markets to set another more than 19-month high, a sign of its decoupling from other assets.
The token jumped as much as 4.5% to about $43,940 in New York on Tuesday, adding to a surge over Sunday and Monday that pushed it above $40,000 for the first time in almost two years. In contrast, gauges of global shares and bonds are nursing losses since the start of the week.