Bitcoin 24 Hour Trading Volume Reaches $30.57 Billion (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 3.2% lower against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 21:00 PM ET on April 24th. Bitcoin has a total market capitalization of $1,271.90 billion and $30.57 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 5.2% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for approximately $64,596.97 on exchanges.

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

  • Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 4.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $484.01 or 0.00749074 BTC.
  • Arweave (AR) traded 4.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $33.09 or 0.00051219 BTC.
  • Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 3.5% against the dollar and now trades at $68.63 or 0.00106216 BTC.
  • eCash (XEC) traded down 5.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
  • Syscoin (SYS) traded 4.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.23 or 0.00000354 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

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 19,689,784 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. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.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 Coinbase, Gemini or GDAX.

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