Bitcoin Rally Pauses After Scaling US$108,000 For the First Time
Bitcoin Rally Pauses After Scaling US$108,000 For the First Time
The Fed is widely expected to implement another quarter-point rate cut on Dec 18 but there is less clarity on the policy outlook next year due to robust US economic growth and inflation risks from Trump's wider agenda.
Bitcoin took a breather after topping US$108,000 for the first time as traders await an expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and assess a wave of optimism from President-elect Donald Trump's support for crypto.
比特幣在首次突破108,000美元后稍作喘息，交易者們在期待聯儲局減息的同時評估來自當選總統特朗普對數字貨幣支持的樂觀情緒。
The largest token touched US$108,315 on Dec 17 before falling back to US$104,800 as of noon on Dec 18 in Singapore. The overall value of digital assets came within a whisker of US$4 trillion during the earlier rally, CoinGecko data show.
這枚最大代幣在12月17日觸及108,315美元，但在12月18日新加坡時間中午跌回至104,800美元。根據CoinGecko的數據，數字貨幣的整體價值在早前的反彈中幾乎突破4萬億美金。
Trump has promised friendly regulations to allow the US to dominate the crypto sector and even backed the idea of a strategic national Bitcoin reserve. MicroStrategy Inc's upcoming inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 Index added to the positive mood by opening up the possibility of more share-price gains for a company whose main activity is raising capital to invest in Bitcoin.
特朗普承諾將實施友好的監管措施，使美國在數字貨幣板塊中佔據主導地位，甚至支持建立國家比特幣戰略儲備的想法。MicroStrategy Inc即將在納斯達克100指數中的納入進一步增強了積極氛圍，開啓了該公司通過籌集資本投資比特幣實現更多股價上漲的可能性。
The Fed is widely expected to implement another quarter-point rate cut on Dec 18 but there is less clarity on the policy outlook next year due to robust US economic growth and inflation risks from Trump's wider agenda.
外界普遍預計聯儲局將在12月18日再度實施25個點子的減息，但由於美國經濟增長強勁以及特朗普更廣泛議程帶來的通脹風險，明年的政策前景尚不清晰。
Bitcoin is up more than 55% since Trump's victory in the presidential election on Nov 5. Investors have flocked to US exchange-traded funds for the original cryptocurrency, setting aside warnings about the token's history of volatility, signs of stretched momentum and crypto's lack of traditional valuation tethers.
自特朗普在11月5日的總統選舉中勝出以來，比特幣價格已上漲超過55%。投資者紛紛湧向美國交易所交易基金以投資這一原始數字貨幣，儘管有關於其歷史波動性、動能過度信號和數字貨幣缺乏傳統估值聯結的警告。
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