Bitcoin
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The CoinDesk 20 filters from the larger universe of thousands of cryptocurrencies and digital assets to define a core group of 20.
These assets constitute roughly 99% of the market by volume at eight of the largest and most trustworthy exchanges.
Price
$60,019.42
24 Hour % Change
0.53%
Market Cap
$1.12T
Volume (24h)
$54.80B
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24 Hour Low
$59,417.12
24 Hour High
$61,219.72
Net change
$319.17
24 Hour Open
$59,719.23
All time high
$61,712
Total Supply
18.68M
Returns (24H)
0.53%
Returns (YTD)
105.74%
Volatility (30d)
0.49
Transaction Count (24h)
254,567
Average Transaction Fee (24h)
$14.80
Value Transacted (24h)
$8.78B
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
Any data, text or other content on this page is provided as general market information and not as investment advice. Past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future results. CoinDesk is an independently managed media company, wholly owned by the Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. DCG has no operational input into the selection or curation of CoinDesk content in all its forms.
Foundations - Consensus: Distributed
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
Galaxy Digital Funds (BRPHF) has just filed a preliminary prospectus with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission to launch Galaxy Bitcoin ETF.Per the prospectus, the "investment objective is to reflect the performance of the Bloomberg Galaxy bitcoin index, less the trust's expenses and other liabilities. In seeking to achieve its investment objective,
Riot Blockchain (RIOT) stock jumps 5.7% in premarket trading after reporting it produced 187 bitcoin (BTC-USD) in March 2021, an 80% increase from its pre-halving March 2020 production of 104 BTC.In Q1 2021, RIOT produced 491 bitcoin, up 7% vs. pre-halving Q1 2020 production of 281 bitcoin; as of March 31, Riot
The price action comes just ahead of a highly anticipated Nasdaq listing for leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase.
Bitcoin’s struggle to retest a key resistance level at $60,000 has “dampened” market sentiment, said one trader.
The wide range shows the extreme uncertainty and risk of investing in the fast-moving cryptocurrency industry.
