Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 2.4% higher against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 9:00 AM ET on May 5th. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded up 11% against the US dollar. Bitcoin Gold has a market cap of $669.70 million and approximately $71.14 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be bought for approximately $38.24 or 0.00059658 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- Zcash (ZEC) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $23.08 or 0.00036012 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $8.85 or 0.00013803 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 1.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.36 or 0.00000567 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded 0.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.42 or 0.00000659 BTC.
- Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0576 or 0.00000090 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Profile
Bitcoin Gold (CRYPTO: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. Bitcoin Gold’s official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin Gold’s official message board is forum.bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official website is bitcoingold.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.
Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold
It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin Gold should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Bitcoin Gold using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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