Bitcoin (BTC) Price Reaches $63,173.28 on Top Exchanges

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0.9% higher against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 13:00 PM E.T. on September 21st. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for $63,173.28 on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,248.12 billion and $978.85 million worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, Bitcoin has traded 5.4% higher against the US dollar.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 2.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $341.31 or 0.00540272 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded up 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $20.01 or 0.00031677 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 2.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $49.59 or 0.00078502 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 3.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000172 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,757,040 coins. 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. 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 Changelly, GDAX or Gemini.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView