Bitcoin Reaches 24-Hour Trading Volume of $1.62 Billion (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 1.5% higher against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 10:00 AM Eastern on September 17th. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for approximately $76,851.61 on major exchanges. Bitcoin has a market cap of $1.54 trillion and approximately $1.62 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 0.6% lower against the dollar.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• Arweave (AR) traded up 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $2.61 or 0.00003394 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 8.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $236.15 or 0.00307281 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded up 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $16.29 or 0.00021192 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 4.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 9.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0021 or 0.00000003 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Its launch date was July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 20,085,665 coins. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.org. 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 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 US dollars directly can do so using Changelly, GDAX or Gemini.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView