{"id":147002,"date":"2025-01-20T15:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bitcoin-soars-to-all-time-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration"},"modified":"2025-01-29T23:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:15:37","slug":"bitcoin-soars-to-all-time-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/bitcoin-soars-to-all-time-high-ahead-of-donald-trumps-inauguration","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin soars to all-time high ahead of Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ahead of President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration on Monday, the price of Bitcoin has crossed $108,000 mark.<\/p>\n<p>According to data by CoinMarketCap, a price-tracking website for crypto assets, the new all-time high price comes hours before the second coming of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after Bitcoin dropped to as low as $99,664 in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that bitcoin gained 3.3 percent and $111 billion in volume of trade over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Also, cryptocurrency market capitalisation also increased to $3.95 trillion \u2014 gaining $484 billion within the same period.<\/p>\n<p>A further analysis of the market cap showed that Bitcoin has 55 percent, while Ethereum, trading at $3,396 (the second largest cryptocurrency), has 10.6 percent \u2014 leaving other coins with the remaining 33 percent before bouncing back.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in Bitcoin\u2019s price started on November 5 when Donald Trump, a Republican Party candidate, won the US presidential election. The digital asset reached $75,000 on that day.<\/p>\n<p>One month later, the digital currency reached $100,000 \u2014 the first time in its 15 years of history.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier Trump had launched his own cryptocurrency or memecoin, called $TRUMP.<\/p>\n<p>The move had sparked a rally that sent its market capitalisation soaring to $14 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ahead of President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration on Monday, the price of Bitcoin has crossed $108,000 mark. According to data by CoinMarketCap, a price-tracking website for crypto assets, the new all-time high price comes hours before the second coming of Trump. 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