Bitcoin hits $100,000 for the first time ever

Bitcoin prices topped $100,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday evening and continued rising on Thursday, as the cryptocurrency added to its record-setting run in the wake of President-elect Trump’s election victory and more buzz that the incoming administration will have a crypto czar. 

The price of bitcoin rose from $69,121 the day before Election Day to what was then an all-time high of $74,445 on Nov. 6, the day after the