據報道，川普的社群媒體公司正在洽談收購加密貨幣交易公司 Bakkt，比特幣觸及 94,000 美元以上的歷史新高

比特幣是世界上最大、最知名的加密貨幣，今年價格已上漲了一倍以上。

Bitcoin hit a record high above $94,000 on Wednesday, as news that Donald Trump’s social media company is in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt fuelled hopes of a cryptocurrency-friendly regime under the incoming Trump administration.

週三，比特幣觸及94,000 美元以上的歷史新高，唐納德·川普的社交媒體公司正在洽談收購加密貨幣交易公司Bakkt 的消息激發了人們對即將上任的川普政府建立一個對加密貨幣友好的政權的希望。

Bitcoin, the world’s largest and best-known cryptocurrency, has more than doubled this year. It was last up 1.2% at $92,104 in Asian hours on Wednesday, having touched a record high $94,078 just towards the end of the previous session.

比特幣是世界上最大、最知名的加密貨幣，今年價格已上漲了一倍以上。週三亞洲時段，該股最後上漲 1.2%，至 92,104 美元，在前一交易日即將結束時觸及歷史新高 94,078 美元。

The Financial Times, citing two people with knowledge, reported that Trump Media and Technology Group, which operates Truth Social, is close to an all-stock acquisition of Bakkt, which is backed by NYSE-owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE).

英國《金融時報》引述兩位知情人士的話報導，經營Truth Social 的川普媒體科技集團即將對Bakkt 進行全股票收購，Bakkt 得到了紐約證券交易所所有者洲際交易所公司（NYSE：ICE）的支持。

The report comes after Bakkt said on Tuesday that it had agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II in a deal that valued the crypto platform at about $2.1 billion.

在報告發布之前，Bakkt 週二表示，它已同意透過與空白支票公司 VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II 的合併進行上市，該交易對該加密平台的估值約為 21 億美元。

Bakkt shares were up nearly 3% in premarket trading on Wednesday, while those of ICE rose 0.3%.

Bakkt 股價週三盤前交易上漲近 3%，而 ICE 股價上漲 0.3%。

Bitcoin’s record-high comes as the first day of options trading on the Nasdaq over BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) Bitcoin ETF also began.

比特幣創下歷史新高之際，貝萊德 (NYSE:BLK) 比特幣 ETF 的納斯達克選擇權交易首日也開始了。

The cryptocurrency soared more than 70% in the first half of December as traders bet that President-elect Trump’s promised support for digital assets will lead to a less restrictive regulatory regime and inject some life back into bitcoin after a listless few months.

加密貨幣在 12 月上半月飆升了 70% 以上，交易員押注當選總統川普承諾支持數位資產將導致監管制度放鬆，並在無精打采的幾個月後為比特幣注入一些活力。

Cryptocurrencies soared after the Nov. 5 U.S. election as traders bet that President-elect Trump’s promised support for digital assets will lead to a less restrictive regulatory regime.

11 月 5 日美國大選後，加密貨幣飆升，交易員押注當選總統川普承諾支持數位資產將導致監管制度的限制性放鬆。

The growing excitement has taken the global cryptocurrency market’s value above $3 trillion to a record high, according to analytics and data aggregator CoinGecko.

根據分析和數據聚合商 CoinGecko 的數據，人們日益興奮的情緒使全球加密貨幣市場價值超過 3 兆美元，創下歷史新高。

Among other cryptocurrencies, ether rose 0.8% to $3,124. Among the gainers were also dogecoin, which rose 1.2%, and XRP, which added 0.7%.

其他加密貨幣中，以太幣上漲 0.8%，至 3,124 美元。漲幅較大的還有狗狗幣（上漲 1.2%）和瑞波幣（XRP），上漲 0.7%。

Pepperstone’s Weston added that there is real underlying buying pressure for bitcoin, and “another kick higher should bring in a fresh chase from those who like to buy what’s strong.”

Pepperstone 的 Weston 補充說，比特幣確實存在潛在的購買壓力，“比特幣的再次上漲應該會引起那些喜歡購買強勢資產的人的新一輪追逐。”