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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Bitcoin passes $100,000 for first time in massive crypto rally

(Kin Cheung/AP) - (AP)

Bitcoin has topped 100,000 dollars (£78,701) for the first time as a massive rally rolls on, only hours after US President-elect Donald Trump picked crypto advocate Paul Atkins to lead the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Mr Trump said Mr Atkins, the chief executive of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a "proven leader for common sense regulations".

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