Bitcoin Gold Tops 24 Hour Trading Volume of $1.52 Thousand (BTG)

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 21.2% against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 9:00 AM E.T. on March 9th. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be purchased for about $0.82 or 0.00001200 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a total market capitalization of $14.31 million and $1.52 thousand worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded 50.9% lower against the dollar.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 5.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $207.80 or 0.00305161 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $5.38 or 0.00007900 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 3.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.24 or 0.00000349 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 4.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.27 or 0.00000404 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0183 or 0.00000027 BTC.

About Bitcoin Gold

Bitcoin Gold (CRYPTO:BTG) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. It was first traded on October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold’s total supply is 17,513,924 coins. 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. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin Gold’s official website is btgofficial.org.

According to CryptoCompare, “BTG is a cryptocurrency with Bitcoin fundamentals, mined on common GPUs instead of specialty ASICs. This type of equipment tends to monopolize mining to a few big players, but GPU mining means anyone can mine again – restoring decentralization and independence. GPU mining rewards go to individuals worldwide, instead of mostly to ASIC warehouse owners, recreating network effects that Bitcoin used to have. Telegram, Discord, Facebook, Youtube, Reddit, Medium”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold

It is usually not presently 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, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.

BTG/USD price chart by TradingView