To The Moon

For months, there has beena consistent trickle of newsabout mainstream businesses getting involved in cryptocurrencies. In the past week, it has turned into a flood, helping to push the price of Bitcoin to a record of $48,297 on Thursday.The most buzzworthy move came from Tesla , which disclosed on Monday that it hasbought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcointo hold on its balance sheet. The company plans to let consumers use the currency to pay for cars.Mastercard said on Wednesday that it will let m

* Treasuries rally on surprisingly soft CPI, dovish Powell. * Oil eases after longest winning streak in two years. SYDNEY, Feb 11 - Asian shares rested at record highs on Thursday as investors digested recent meaty gains, while bulls were sustained by the promise of endless free money after a benign reading on U.S. inflation and a dovish Federal Reserve outlook.Adding to the torpor was a lack of liquidity as markets in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were all on holiday.MSCI's broadest ind