Bitcoin spikes as betting markets favor Trump during debate with Biden
The price of Bitcoin jumped as much as 1.1% after the presidential debate kicked off on Thursday evening, with Donald Trump extending his lead over Joe Biden in prediction markets.
The price of Bitcoin jumped as much as 1.1% during a 90-minute presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, which saw Trump widen the gap between him and Biden on betting markets.

Bitcoin was trading at $61,439 before the debate commenced and quickly jumped as high as $62,152 as Donald Trump and Joe Biden answered rapid-fire questions from CNN moderators. It has since fallen back to $61,362 at the time of publication, per TradingView data.