Bitcoin Price Hits $62,817.88 on Top Exchanges (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 1.5% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 13:00 PM Eastern on April 27th. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded down 3.9% against the US dollar. Bitcoin has a market cap of $1,236.95 billion and approximately $18.73 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for $62,817.88 on cryptocurrency exchanges.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $471.31 or 0.00750605 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $31.93 or 0.00050857 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $65.91 or 0.00104974 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 2.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000343 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: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 19,690,996 coins. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. 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.

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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin

Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin using US dollars directly can do so using Coinbase, GDAX or Changelly.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView