Bitcoin (BTC) Price Hits $64,589.78 on Major Exchanges

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 0.8% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 13:00 PM E.T. on April 21st. During the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded up 0.3% against the dollar. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for approximately $64,589.78 on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,271.66 billion and $788.58 million worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $498.07 or 0.00771132 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 2.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $32.37 or 0.00050117 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $68.89 or 0.00106661 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.25 or 0.00000387 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Its launch date was July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,688,206 coins. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. 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.

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 US dollars directly can do so using GDAX, Changelly or Coinbase.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView