Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 6% lower against the dollar during the one day period ending at 9:00 AM ET on April 30th. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be purchased for approximately $30.71 or 0.00050179 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a market capitalization of $537.87 million and approximately $6.29 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded down 16.3% against the dollar.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Zcash (ZEC) traded 5.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $20.98 or 0.00034275 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded down 4.7% against the dollar and now trades at $8.13 or 0.00013290 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 6.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.36 or 0.00000591 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded 4.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.38 or 0.00000619 BTC.
- Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0551 or 0.00000090 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Coin Profile
BTG is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its launch date was October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold’s total supply is 17,513,924 coins. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official message board is forum.bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here.
Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold
It is usually not currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Gold should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, GDAX or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.
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