Bitcoin Market Cap Hits $1,173.71 Billion (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 6.5% against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 22:00 PM Eastern on April 30th. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,173.71 billion and approximately $37.60 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for $59,602.30 on popular exchanges. In the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded down 10.5% against the dollar.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 8.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $425.62 or 0.00714104 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 15.8% against the dollar and now trades at $30.13 or 0.00050544 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 10.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $58.31 or 0.00097828 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 8.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 9.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000325 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. It launched on July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,692,434 coins. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org. 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. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible 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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin

Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Coinbase, Changelly or Gemini.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView