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US elections drive bitcoin to record high as Trump leads vote count

The original cryptocurrency rose more than 8%, rising above $75,000 as of 10:08 pm in New York. That topped the March record set during the euphoria that followed the launch of US spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. With polls closed in more than two-thirds of states, digital-asset supporter Donald Trump had taken preliminary leads in Georgia and North Carolina, two key swing states, while vote counting in others was in its early stages.