Bitcoin (BTC) Trading Up 9.5% Over Last 7 Days

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 0.6% against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 18:00 PM E.T. on September 15th. During the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 9.5% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for $59,629.89 on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,177.96 billion and approximately $883.89 million worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day.

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

  • Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 3.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $317.81 or 0.00532965 BTC.
  • Arweave (AR) traded down 4.7% against the dollar and now trades at $19.05 or 0.00031954 BTC.
  • Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 3.2% against the dollar and now trades at $46.98 or 0.00078781 BTC.
  • eCash (XEC) traded down 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
  • Syscoin (SYS) traded 4.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000184 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) 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 19,754,593 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. The official message board for Bitcoin 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 trade Bitcoin using US dollars directly can do so using Gemini, Changelly or GDAX.

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