Bitcoin catapulted above $100,000 for the first time on Thursday, a milestone hailed even by sceptics as a coming-of-age for digital assets as investors bet on a friendly U.S. administration to cement the place of cryptocurrencies in financial markets. The total value of the cryptocurrency market has almost doubled over the year so far to hit a record over $3.8t. By comparison, Apple alone is worth about $3.7t.