Bitcoin Price Hits $67,169.28 (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded 2.6% higher against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 0:00 AM Eastern on October 15th. One Bitcoin coin can now be purchased for $67,169.28 on major exchanges. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded up 7.7% against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin has a total market cap of $1,327.82 billion and $48.95 billion 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 2.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $362.18 or 0.00539441 BTC.
  • Arweave (AR) traded down 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $19.74 or 0.00029409 BTC.
  • Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 4.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $51.64 or 0.00076914 BTC.
  • eCash (XEC) traded 1.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
  • Syscoin (SYS) traded 1.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000156 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (BTC) 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 19,768,265 coins. 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. The official website for Bitcoin is bitcoin.org. The official message board for Bitcoin 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 US dollars directly can do so using Changelly, Gemini or GDAX.

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