Bitcoin (BTC) Price Tops $64,144.48

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 0.1% against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 11:00 AM ET on June 21st. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for $64,144.48 on popular exchanges. During the last week, Bitcoin has traded up 0.2% against the US dollar. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1.29 trillion and $14.63 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Arweave (AR) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.02 or 0.00003146 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $199.22 or 0.00310579 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $11.84 or 0.00018455 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded up 10.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0034 or 0.00000005 BTC.

About Bitcoin

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 20,045,956 coins. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org. 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.”

Bitcoin Coin Trading

Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin using US dollars directly can do so using Gemini, Changelly or GDAX.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView