Bitcoin
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These assets constitute roughly 99% of the market by volume at eight of the largest and most trustworthy exchanges.
Price
$31,869.65
24 Hour % Change
-0.24%
Market Cap
$593.05B
Volume (24h)
$41.19B
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24 Hour Low
$31,684.65
24 Hour High
$33,088.55
Net change
$-77.24
24 Hour Open
$31,940.70
All time high
$41,940
Total Supply
18.61M
Returns (24H)
-0.24%
Returns (YTD)
10.10%
Volatility (30d)
1.08
Transaction Count (24h)
303,320
Average Transaction Fee (24h)
$7.74
Value Transacted (24h)
$4.98B
About Bitcoin
Category
Currency
Value proposition
Digital gold
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency to successfully record transactions on a secure, decentralized blockchain-based network. Launched in early 2009 by its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency measured by market capitalization and amount of data stored on its blockchain. The Bitcoin software is free and available online to anyone who wants to run a Bitcoin node and store their own copy of the Bitcoin blockchain. As Bitcoin matures, engineers have designed additional protocols to improve the speed and privacy of Bitcoin transactions, including the Omni Layer, Lightning Network and Liquid Network. Only approximately 21 million bitcoins will ever be created. New coins are minted every 10 minutes by bitcoin miners who help to maintain the network by adding new transaction data to the blockchain.
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Disclaimer
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The Week In Crypto - January 17th To January 23rd
Jan 24, 2021
Overview In the first real adversity that the asset has faced in 2021 after beginning the year in a state of euphoria, Bitcoin underwent its first correction of the year this week. Bitcoin prices hovered above $37,000 on the Monday of the three-day weekend (for many in the United States)
Blockchain Bites: Clearing the Record on Yellen’s Crypto Concerns and the Bitcoin Double-Spend Fracas
Jan 22, 2021
The efficient market hypothesis butts up against bitcoin's volatile day while Bitcoiners show solidarity in hosting the white paper.
Institutions and "whales" have continued their bitcoin purchases, on-chain data shows.
A mixture of bearish price-chart patterns and ill-understood news items combined to cause bitcoin's biggest price plunge since March, in a demonstration to market newcomers of the cryptocurrency's notorious volatility.
The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month's time.
The company this morning announces the purchase of roughly 314 bitcoins (BTC-USD) for $10M, or an average price of $31,808 each. That brings total holdings to 70,784 bitcoins acquired for a total cost of $1.135B, or an average price of $16,035 each.After plunging below $29K at one point last night,
