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The Hyperliquid token jumped 26% after Trump said regulators were working to bring the decentralized exchange to the U.S.
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President Donald Trump urged Congress on Thursday to pass cryptocurrency legislation, sending Bitcoin up more than 11% to above $71,000 and sparking a broad rally across digital assets.
CNBC reported Bitcoin changing hands at $71,880, while Barron's cited a slightly different figure of $71,732. Over that same stretch, Ethereum climbed 19% and XRP was up 15%. Bitcoin remains well below its all-time high of $126,198, set last October, and a 2026 peak of $94,820 reached in mid-January.
