Decred (DCR) Price Tops $21.05 on Top Exchanges

Decred (DCR) traded 2.5% higher against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on April 19th. One Decred coin can now be purchased for about $21.05 or 0.00032906 BTC on popular exchanges. Decred has a market capitalization of $336.78 million and $2.41 million worth of Decred was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, Decred has traded down 0.8% against the US dollar.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Compound (COMP) traded up 2% against the dollar and now trades at $55.02 or 0.00086029 BTC.
• Bitcoiva (BCA) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $8.22 or 0.00012859 BTC.
• EverGrow Coin (EGC) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Safe (SAFE) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.99 or 0.00003113 BTC.
• dForce USD (USX) traded up 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.97 or 0.00001519 BTC.
• Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000166 BTC.
• ReddCoin (RDD) traded up 70.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0002 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• WhiteCoin (XWC) traded 9.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0050 or 0.00000008 BTC.
• Navcoin (NAV) traded down 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0608 or 0.00000095 BTC.
• Aion (AION) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0019 or 0.00000003 BTC.

About Decred

Decred (CRYPTO:DCR) is a PoW/PoS coin that uses the BLAKE256 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on February 8th, 2016. Decred’s total supply is 16,001,796 coins. Decred’s official website is decred.org. Decred’s official Twitter account is @decredproject and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Decred is https://reddit.com/r/decred and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Decred’s official message board is medium.com/decred.

According to CryptoCompare, “Decred (DCR) is a hybrid PoW/PoS blockchain-based cryptocurrency, designed to ensure community involvement, open governance, and sustainable development funding. Stakeholders, or DCR holders, play a pivotal role in determining consensus rules, the blockchain’s evolution, and treasury funds allocation. Block rewards in Decred are split between PoW miners (10%), stakeholders (80%), and the Decred Treasury (10%). Stakeholders can stake their DCR for voting tickets, which grants them the power to vote on rule change proposals and approve PoW miners’ work. The Decred Treasury’s usage is decided via Politeia proposals and voting by live ticket holders. Launched in 2016 by co-founders including Alex and Jake Yocom-Piatt, Decred aims to create a truly decentralized cryptocurrency governed actively by its community.”

Decred Coin Trading

It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Decred directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Decred should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Decred using one of the exchanges listed above.

DCR/USD price chart by TradingView