Bitcoin (BTC) Price Reaches $63,894.99 on Major Exchanges

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 0.7% against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on April 26th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,258.13 billion and approximately $24.09 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 0.3% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for about $63,894.99 on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $483.50 or 0.00756710 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 12.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $31.25 or 0.00048909 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $65.67 or 0.00102778 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded up 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 3.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000349 BTC.

Bitcoin Coin Profile

BTC is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,690,659 coins. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official message board for Bitcoin 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.”

Bitcoin Coin Trading

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

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView