Bitcoin
BTCWhat is CoinDesk20?
The CoinDesk20 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.
About Bitcoin
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.
Bitcoin price page is part of The CoinDesk 20 to find price history, price ticker, market cap and live charts for the top cryptocurrencies.
Foundations - Consensus: Distributed
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
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First Mover: As Bitcoin Tops $13K, Analyst Explains How Blockchain Gives Clues on Next Move
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CME has risen to second place in terms of bitcoin futures open interest, passing Binance and BitMEX.
Bitcoin’s price continues its upward trend while ether holders withdraw crypto from DeFi.
Forget Ethereum, DeFi Is Being Built on Bitcoin
Edan Yago looks to reclaim "decentralized finance" as Bitcoin's, not Ethereum's, turf.
