TOKYO -- Bitcoin surged past $120,000 for the first time on Monday, riding expectations that Congress will advance legislation that could realize President Donald Trump's vision of making the U.S. a cryptocurrency superpower.
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U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in July 2024 at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, where he pledges to make America "the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world." © Reuters
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