Driven by the “Trump effect”, bitcoin has just reached a new record, crossing, for the first time, Thursday, December 5, the $100,000 mark, BFMTV reports in particular.
It was around 3:36 a.m. Paris time that the cryptocurrency was trading at $100,102 after soaring 4% overnight.
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At the origin of this trend, the announcement by President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, December 4, to appoint, once invested, Republican lawyer Paul Atkins, favorable to the development of cryptocurrencies, to head the American Securities Regulatory Authority. financial markets, the SEC.
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The latter was also critical last year of the SEC, believing that they should have shown themselves “ plus accommodants » with companies in the digital currency sector. A strategy which, according to him, had the effect of diverting entrepreneurs from the American market.
“The world capital of cryptocurrencies”
Donald Trump expressed his approval of Paul Atkins' philosophy on the Truth Social platform, believing that ” Paul has demonstrated his orientation in favor of regulation tinged with common sense […] He also recognizes that digital assets are crucial to making America greater than it has ever been. ».
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The president-elect had also promised, during his campaign, to make the United States “ the world capital of cryptocurrencies » and mentioned the possibility of creating a strategic national reserve of bitcoins. Since his victory in the American presidential election on November 5, the value of bitcoin has increased by more than 40%.
