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Catherine McGrath

‘Amazing awaits’: Crypto leaders rejoice as Bitcoin rallies following Trump blowout win

Republican candidate Donald Trump talks to reporters at a polling place in Palm Beach. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images)

While the race for the White House seemed like a dead heat, crypto investors remained confident in a Trump win. When those hopes were realized early on Wednesday, industry leaders took a victory lap as Bitcoin reached an all-time high. 

“We have a #Bitcoin President,” Michael Saylor, founder and chairman of the largest public corporate holder of Bitcoin Microstrategy, wrote on X alongside a photo of a Bitcoin flag flying atop the White House.

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