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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is having a moment. Now, Bitcoin is reaching new heights after rocketing up nearly 80% in the last three months. Although the exact mechanisms of any run are never entirely clear, the recent rise in Bitcoin's price appears driven -- at least in part -- by Trump's election.

Hong Kong officials and industry insiders touted the city's cryptocurrency trials and regulatory stability as strengths for the market at the Belt and Road Forum on Thursday, as the crypto euphoria surrounding the re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency pushed the price of bitcoin past US$100,000 this week. "Trump is unpredictable. He may change his mind tomorrow; you never know," said Joseph Chan - chair of the think tank Silk Road Economic Development Research Centre, one of the organ

The jobs data for November was enough to bolster confidence in the economy while also raising investors' hopes for another rate cut this month.

Traders see an 88% chance the Fed will cut rates another quarter-point in December, according to CME FedWatch.

Nvidia could roll out its Rubin GPU chip in the first half of 2026, which would be way ahead of schedule, an analyst at Melius Research wrote.

Incoming president Donald Trump has a new crypto and AI "czar": ex-PayPal COO David Sacks. "[Sacks] will work on a legal framework so the Crypto [sic] industry has the clarity it has been asking for, and can thrive in the US,” he wrote. In an interview with CNBC in 2017, Sacks said he believed that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum fulfill the "original vision" of PayPal: creating a "database of money" in which payments never leave the system.

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