Bitcoin Price Reaches $64,505.49 (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0.3% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on April 25th. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 1.6% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin coin can now be purchased for $64,505.49 on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,270.13 billion and $1.71 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $478.93 or 0.00742457 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 9.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $35.51 or 0.00055050 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $66.88 or 0.00103676 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded up 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded up 2.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.23 or 0.00000361 BTC.

Bitcoin Coin Profile

Bitcoin 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 19,690,253 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 website is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. 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 acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Changelly, Coinbase or GDAX.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView