Bitcoin soars to all-time peak just shy of $112,000
It touched a record peak of $111,988.90 and was last up 0.4% at $111,259. Since the beginning of the year, Bitcoin has advanced more than 18%.
"Bitcoin is the only asset I am aware of where it becomes less risky as it grows in size," wrote Anthony Pompliano, founder and CEO of Professional Capital Management in a letter to investors on Wednesday.
"There were few sophisticated capital allocators who could gain exposure when bitcoin was $100-200 billion market cap. Now that the asset is measured in trillions, almost every capital allocator on the planet can put the exposure on."
The Trump administration's crypto-friendly policies have bolstered digital assets overall, opening pools of capital to the sector.
For instance, Trump Media & Technology Group, run by the U.S. president's family, is looking to launch an exchange-traded fund that will invest in multiple crypto tokens, according to a filing with the U.S. markets regulator on Tuesday.
Bitcoin's rally also spread to other cryptocurrencies.
Ether, the second-largest digital currency in terms of market capitalisation, also rallied, hitting a one-month high of $2,794.95. It last traded up 5.4% at $2,740.99.
Other crypto-related stocks also gained. Strategy, co-founded by the leading voice in the bitcoin treasury movement Michael Saylor, rose 4.7% to $415.41, while Coinbase Global advanced 5.4% to $373.85.
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