Bitcoin (BTC) Price Tops $58,268.04 on Major Exchanges

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 3.3% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on September 15th. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for approximately $58,268.04 on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin has a total market capitalization of $1,151.07 billion and approximately $21.99 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded 5.9% higher against the U.S. dollar.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 5.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $311.51 or 0.00534614 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 7.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $18.73 or 0.00032147 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 6.2% against the dollar and now trades at $45.66 or 0.00078355 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 5.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 6.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000181 BTC.

Bitcoin Coin Profile

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 19,754,696 coins. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org. 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 U.S. dollars directly can do so using Gemini, GDAX or Changelly.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView