Bitcoin $8,880, Ether $170

US stock markets broadly rallied in the wake of Pres. Trump’s USA-China “phase one” trade deal being signed into law — also rallying are the major cryptos. Coincap.io data has one Bitcoin at US $8,880, while an Ether trades at around $170, both up sharply higher in recent days.

Ethereum, used experimentally by American accounting giant E&Y in various ways, and by Microsoft’s ‘blockchain as a service’ team, seemed to respond positively to trade deal news. #1 crypto Bitcoin also gained.

Perhaps markets are optimistic that improved economic activity between China and the US may lead to greater blockchain industry cooperation, also.

Google’s parent company Alphabet recently crossed $1 trillion market valuation — showing the public appetite for tech-related and software investments is still vast.

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