Donald Trump's newly-created cryptocurrency soared on Monday to nearly $12 billion in market value, drawing in billions in trading volume, while bitcoin hit a record high just hours ahead of the U.S.

The price of bitcoin has surged to over $109,000 just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by him soon after he takes office.

"God candle," Samson Mow, a bitcoin developer who leads the Jan3 bitcoin wallet company, posted to X as the bitcoin price suddenly soared, hitting $109,400 on the Coinbase bitcoin and crypto exchange.