Bitcoin soars past $109,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump
The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he'll take action son after returning to the White House. “You’re going to be very happy with me,” Trump told crypto-enthusiasts at a bitcoin conference last summer. Bitcoin is the world’s most popular cryptocurrency and was created in 2009 as a kind of electronic cash uncontrolled by banks or governments.