Bitcoin Price Tops $63,135.76 on Major Exchanges (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 3.1% higher against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 21:00 PM ET on April 18th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,242.92 billion and approximately $35.76 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 10.2% lower against the US dollar. One Bitcoin coin can now be purchased for approximately $63,135.76 on exchanges.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $479.95 or 0.00760189 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded up 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $24.94 or 0.00039498 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 3.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $66.49 or 0.00105309 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 4.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 6.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000349 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: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 19,686,462 coins. 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. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin’s official website 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.”

Bitcoin Coin Trading

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

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView