Bitcoin price tops $100,000 for first time in its history

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee In the lead-up to the US elections, Mr Trump had pledged to create a “strategic reserve” of bitcoin. “I’m confident his leadership will lead to clarity for the digital asset ecosystem and ensure US capital markets remain the envy of the world,” Mr McHenry posted on X. Paul Atkins has the expertise and experience needed to restore faith in the SEC. — Patrick McHenry December 4, 2024 Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, said in a post on X that Atkins’ appointment was “sorely needed and cannot come a day too soon”. Dennis Kelleher, co-founder of the financial policy think tank Better Markets, called Mr Atkins an “industry cheerleader” whose support for deregulation contributed to the “devastating 2008 crash”.