Bitcoin 24-Hour Trading Volume Tops $15.79 Billion (BTC)

Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 0.7% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on May 26th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,353.57 billion and approximately $15.79 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for about $68,694.94 on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last week, Bitcoin has traded up 3.5% against the US dollar.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 1.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $485.86 or 0.00707276 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 3% against the dollar and now trades at $38.76 or 0.00056418 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $63.39 or 0.00092275 BTC.
• eCash (XEC) traded down 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Syscoin (SYS) traded up 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000278 BTC.

Bitcoin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on July 13th, 2010. Bitcoin’s total supply is 19,704,068 coins. The official message board for Bitcoin is bitcointalk.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.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.”

Bitcoin Coin Trading

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

BTC/USD price chart by TradingView