Bitcoin Price Tops $96,419.78 on Major Exchanges (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 1% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 7:00 AM Eastern on November 30th. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,908.06 billion and $51.01 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for about $96,419.78 on popular exchanges. During the last week, Bitcoin has traded 2.2% lower against the US dollar.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 1.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $521.59 or 0.00540955 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 11.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $24.09 or 0.00024981 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $71.01 or 0.00073651 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 0.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded up 7.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000148 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin 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 19,789,106 coins. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. 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. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.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 Changelly, GDAX or Coinbase.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView