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By Reuters | Updated: 29 January 2021 17:32 IST

Bitcoin Price Soars 14 Percent After Elon Musk Namecheck on Twitter

Smaller cryptocurrencies including ethereum and XRP that tend to move in tandem with Bitcoin also jumped 2j1i2s

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Bitcoin jumped as much as 14 percent on Friday to a two-week high after Tesla chief Elon Musk tagged the cryptocurrency in his Twitter biography.

Musk wrote simply "#bitcoin" in his biography on the social media site. The world's biggest cryptocurrency was up 10.2 percent at $36,901 (roughly Rs. 26.9 lakhs) as of 10:05 GMT (3:35pm IST) .

The billionaire entrepreneur, followed by 43.8 million s on Twitter, has a record of making market-moving comments on the site.

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"Stonks" is a tongue-in-cheek term for stocks widely used on social media.

Bitcoin jumped over 300 percent last year, as bigger US investors and corporations sought exposure to the cryptocurrency. It touched an all-time high of $42,000 (roughly Rs. 30.6 lakhs) last month.

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In December, Musk asked about the possibility of converting "large transactions" of Twitter exchange with a well-known advocate for the digital currency.

"That would be a very big deal," said Christopher Bendiksen of digital asset manager CoinShares on Friday.

Traders also cited positive comments on Bitcoin by hedge fund manager Ray Dalio as ing sentiment.

The Bridgewater Associates founder wrote on Thursday that the cryptocurrency was "one hell of an invention," adding that he viewed it as a "gold-like alternative asset."

Smaller cryptocurrencies including XRP that tend to move in tandem with Bitcoin also jumped, as much as 5 percent and 8 percent respectively.

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