On Thursday (5 December), the president-elect confirmed rumours that he was eyeing a cryptocurrency fanatic for the function of chair of the US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC), sending bitcoin skyrocketing to above $100,000 for the primary time in its historical past. Â
Bitcoin hits document excessive as Trump picks crypto fanatic Paul Atkins for SEC chair
Paul Atkins, who will substitute famend crypto-sceptic Gary Gensler, as chair of the US monetary regulator, joins at a time when the incoming GOP president has vowed to create a US bitcoin reserve and push digital belongings to the forefront …
