Bitcoin 1-Day Volume Reaches $848.44 Million (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0.5% higher against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 12:00 PM ET on July 21st. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for approximately $67,366.52 on major exchanges. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin has traded 12.4% higher against the US dollar. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,329.06 billion and $848.44 million worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $394.44 or 0.00585305 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $33.69 or 0.00049993 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $46.83 or 0.00069485 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded down 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000169 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,728,859 coins. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed 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 trade Bitcoin using US dollars directly can do so using Changelly, Gemini or GDAX.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView