Bitcoin values continue to skyrocket, with the crypto currency at a record price and approaching $100,000. Should you invest? Here's what to know.

Bitcoin touched a record high on Friday, with its sights set firmly on the $100,000 barrier, in a stellar rally for the cryptocurrency sparked by expectations of a more friendly regulatory environment under a Donald Trump administration.

The world's leading cryptocurrency topped $99,300, coming within striking distance of the psychological milestone that many experts had anticipated after the US election results.

Bitcoin approached the historic $100,000 level, fueled by optimism that President-elect Donald Trump’s support for crypto heralds a boom as the US pivots to friendly regulations in place of a crackdown.

By Tom Westbrook, Samuel Indyk and Suzanne McGee SINGAPORE/LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bitcoin came within a whisker of closing above $100,000 for the first time on Thursday as the election of Republican Donald Trump as U.