Bitcoin Market Cap Reaches $1,740.21 Billion (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 0.7% against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 8:00 AM Eastern on March 26th. During the last week, Bitcoin has traded up 4.9% against the US dollar. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for about $87,702.41 on popular exchanges. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,740.21 billion and $28.77 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day.

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

• Arweave (AR) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $7.52 or 0.00008577 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 2.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $336.58 or 0.00383770 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 1.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $35.29 or 0.00040235 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded up 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded up 5.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0497 or 0.00000057 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,842,246 coins. 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. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.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 U.S. dollars directly can do so using Gemini, Changelly or Coinbase.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView