Bitcoin Price Reaches $57,769.65 on Major Exchanges (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 4.3% lower against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 11:00 AM E.T. on September 16th. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded up 5.1% against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,141.23 billion and $1.91 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for $57,769.65 on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded down 4.3% against the dollar and now trades at $311.18 or 0.00538660 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 4.6% against the dollar and now trades at $18.80 or 0.00032550 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $45.65 or 0.00079027 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 4.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 9.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000175 BTC.

Bitcoin Coin 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 19,754,884 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 acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Coinbase, Gemini or Changelly.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView