Bitcoin soars to new all-time high on election night
As the votes were tallied overnight, optimism among the crypto crowd drove bitcoin to cross a new all-time high of over $75,000 around 1 a.m. ET, as traders priced in a Trump win.
Additionally, the defeat of Senator Sherrod Brown, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee and noted critic of crypto, likely also contributed to the rally. Pro-crypto PAC Fairshake spent $40 million to oust Brown and support Republican Bernie Moreno, a longtime crypto supporter.