Bitcoin tops $107K for first time as Trump boosts hopes for strategic reserve: Blue sky territory here

Bitcoin’s record rally topped $107,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump reiterated that he plans to create a US bitcoin strategic reserve similar to its strategic oil reserve, stoking the enthusiasm of crypto bulls.Investor sentiment also got a lift from the inclusion of MicroStrategy into the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index that will likely lead to more inflows for the software firm turned bitcoin buyer.Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best known cryptocurrency, extended gains to a session high of $107,148 and was most recently at $106,877, up 5.43% from late Friday.The No.

2 digital currency ether was up 1.85% at $3,975.70.“We’re in blue sky territory here,” said Tony Sycamore, an analyst at IG.“The next figure the market will be looking for is $110,000.

The pullback that a lot of people were waiting for just didn’t happen, because now we’ve got this news.”Bitcoin and crypto have been catapulted into the spotlight as investors wager the incoming Trump administration will usher in a friendlier regulatory environment, boosting sentiment around the alternative currency. Bitcoin is up about 150% in 2024.“We’re gonna do something great with crypto because we don’t want China or anybody else – not just China but others are embracing it – and we want to be the head,” Trump told CNBC late last week.When asked if he plans to build a crypto reserve similar to oil reserves, Trump said: “Yeah, I think so.” He advocated the same thing earlier this year.Governments around the world held 2.2% of bitcoin’s total supply as of July, according to data provider CoinGecko, with the United States possessing nearly 200,000 bitcoins valued at more than $20 billion at current levels.China, UK, Bhutan and El Salvador are the other countries with a significant amount of bitcoins, data site BitcoinTreasuries showed.Other countries have also been considering cryptocurrency strategic reserves.Russian President�...