Bitcoin (BTC) traded 3.8% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 0:00 AM Eastern on April 17th. In the last week, Bitcoin has traded 12.4% lower against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,215.99 billion and $42.42 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for approximately $61,769.97 on cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 2.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $475.13 or 0.00769193 BTC.
- Arweave (AR) traded down 2% against the dollar and now trades at $24.44 or 0.00039564 BTC.
- Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $65.86 or 0.00106623 BTC.
- eCash (XEC) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Syscoin (SYS) traded 4.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.21 or 0.00000344 BTC.
Bitcoin Coin Profile
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 19,685,775 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. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org.
Bitcoin Coin Trading
Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Gemini, Changelly or Coinbase.
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