Bitcoin (BTC) 1-Day Volume Reaches $2.36 Billion

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 4.7% against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 11:00 AM E.T. on April 22nd. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for approximately $79,188.55 on major cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded up 7.4% against the US dollar. Bitcoin has a total market capitalization of $1.59 trillion and $2.36 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day.

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

• Arweave (AR) traded up 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $2.07 or 0.00002619 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 4.4% against the dollar and now trades at $464.66 or 0.00586782 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 2.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $16.36 or 0.00020657 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0104 or 0.00000013 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin 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 20,019,359 coins. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin

Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using GDAX, Changelly or Coinbase.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView