Bitcoin Price Tops $67,343.33 on Major Exchanges (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 1.7% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 10:00 AM E.T. on October 21st. Bitcoin has a market cap of $1,331.44 billion and approximately $31.29 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded up 3.2% against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin coin can now be purchased for $67,343.33 on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $362.51 or 0.00538853 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $18.48 or 0.00027471 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 3.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $49.21 or 0.00073141 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 3.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000153 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (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 19,770,959 coins. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. 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.

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 acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Gemini, GDAX or Coinbase.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView