Bitcoin Price Reaches $66,946.74 (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 0.4% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on October 26th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,323.77 billion and approximately $18.07 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for about $66,946.74 on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded down 1.9% against the US dollar.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $348.49 or 0.00520545 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded up 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $16.24 or 0.00024264 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $45.47 or 0.00067926 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0973 or 0.00000145 BTC.

Bitcoin Coin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: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 19,773,481 coins. 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. 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 trade Bitcoin using US dollars directly can do so using Coinbase, Changelly or GDAX.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView