Wall Street marched to record highs on Wednesday and major stock markets around the world surged, while bitcoin also hit an all-time-high and the dollar was set for its biggest one-day jump in four years, Reuters reported.

Bitcoin soared to $75,000 on expectations it could benefit from relaxed regulation while the dollar index, a measure of the value of the dollar against a basket of six foreign currencies, climbed to its highest level since July.

In Central Europe the mood was very different. The forint fell to its lowest value since December 2022 before recovering slightly before the close of trading.

In Poland, the złoty reached a five-month low, inching back up as the central bank held rates steady. In the Czech Republic, the crown dipped to its lowest point for three months before regaining some value.

Elsewhere on the continent, the euro was hurt by the prospect of tariffs and the widening differential between U.S. and European rates.