Bitcoin Price Hits $62,817.88 on Top Exchanges (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 1.5% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 13:00 PM Eastern on April 27th. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded down 3.9% against the US dollar. Bitcoin has a market cap of $1,236.95 billion and approximately $18.73 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for $62,817.88 on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $471.31 or 0.00750605 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $31.93 or 0.00050857 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $65.91 or 0.00104974 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 2.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000343 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. It launched on July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,690,996 coins. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org.

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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin

Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin using US dollars directly can do so using Coinbase, GDAX or Changelly.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView