Bitcoin Price Up 9.9% Over Last 7 Days (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 1.5% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 23:00 PM E.T. on September 22nd. Bitcoin has a total market capitalization of $1,262.48 billion and approximately $22.92 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can now be purchased for about $63,898.49 on popular exchanges. During the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 9.9% higher against the dollar.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $343.18 or 0.00537072 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $19.63 or 0.00030723 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded up 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $48.91 or 0.00076545 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000169 BTC.

About 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 19,757,653 coins. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. The official website for Bitcoin 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 US dollars directly can do so using Coinbase, GDAX or Changelly.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView