Bitcoin (BTC) Tops 24 Hour Trading Volume of $31.87 Billion

Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 3.2% against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 8:00 AM E.T. on September 14th. In the last week, Bitcoin has traded 9.7% higher against the US dollar. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,179.02 billion and $31.87 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for approximately $59,685.15 on major exchanges.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $329.31 or 0.00551748 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $19.88 or 0.00033309 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 1.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $48.04 or 0.00080496 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 3.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000178 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

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 19,753,996 coins. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.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.”

Bitcoin Coin Trading

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

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView