Bitcoin (BTC) Price Reaches $67,524.29 on Major Exchanges

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0.8% lower against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 12:00 PM E.T. on February 17th. Bitcoin has a market cap of $1.35 trillion and $1.89 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last week, Bitcoin has traded 2.8% lower against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for approximately $67,524.29 on popular exchanges.

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

• Arweave (AR) traded 2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $2.03 or 0.00003014 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 1.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $565.91 or 0.00838079 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $16.89 or 0.00025009 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0136 or 0.00000020 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

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 19,990,837 coins. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.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 Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.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 US dollars directly can do so using Gemini, Coinbase or Changelly.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView