Bitcoin Achieves Market Capitalization of $1,953.80 Billion (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 0.3% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 8:00 AM ET on February 6th. Bitcoin has a total market capitalization of $1,953.80 billion and approximately $3.95 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, Bitcoin has traded 6% lower against the dollar. One Bitcoin coin can now be bought for approximately $98,574.89 on exchanges.

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

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 2.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $327.14 or 0.00331868 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 3.9% against the dollar and now trades at $39.92 or 0.00040492 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 8.4% against the dollar and now trades at $10.04 or 0.00010188 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded 4.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0664 or 0.00000067 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin (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 19,820,450 coins. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.org. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible 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 US dollars directly can do so using Changelly, Coinbase or GDAX.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView