Bitcoin (BTC) 24 Hour Trading Volume Tops $38.09 Billion

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar during the one day period ending at 15:00 PM ET on September 11th. One Bitcoin coin can currently be bought for $57,743.30 on major exchanges. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded 0.1% lower against the dollar. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,140.59 billion and $38.09 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $338.02 or 0.00585322 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $19.99 or 0.00034620 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $49.45 or 0.00085637 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded down 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000176 BTC.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Its launch date was July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,752,834 coins. The official website for Bitcoin 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. Bitcoin’s official message board 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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin

Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using GDAX, Changelly or Gemini.

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView