Bitcoin (BTC) Market Cap Hits $1,391.49 Billion

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 2.2% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on March 28th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,391.49 billion and $34.54 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for $70,752.49 on popular exchanges. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded up 7.9% against the US dollar.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

  • Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 5.5% against the dollar and now trades at $570.01 or 0.00805665 BTC.
  • Arweave (AR) traded 2.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $41.55 or 0.00058723 BTC.
  • Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $92.74 or 0.00131073 BTC.
  • eCash (XEC) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
  • Syscoin (SYS) traded up 9.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.29 or 0.00000407 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,666,975 coins. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology and a blockchain to record transactions. It was created by Satoshi Nakamoto and the first block was mined on January 3, 2009. Bitcoin transactions are recorded on a blockchain, which is a distributed ledger that can be accessed by anyone to verify transactions. Transactions are verified by miners, who are rewarded with a set amount of Bitcoin and transaction fees. The supply of Bitcoin is limited to 21 million coins and it is divisible to eight decimal places. A wallet is needed to use Bitcoin and it consists of a public key, which is used to send and receive payments, and a private key, which is used to control the wallet. Bitcoin can be used for a variety of purposes, including everyday transactions, as a store of value, or for investment.”

Bitcoin Coin Trading

Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Changelly, Gemini or Coinbase.

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