$BTC Bitcoin Price Summary

Latest Data

The price of Bitcoin today is US$86,995.37, with a trading volume of $82.9 billion in the last 24 hours. BTC has fluctuated -7.64% in the past 24 hours. The price is currently down -12.53% compared to the highest price in the last 7 days of $99,458.56, and up 0.84% compared to the lowest price in the last 7 days of $86,267.06. BTC has a current supply of 19.83 million BTC and a maximum supply of 21 million BTC.

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin (BTC) is the first cryptocurrency in the world, built on distributed ledger technology (blockchain), with a Proof-of-Work (PoW) mechanism that does not require the support of any central bank or government of any country. Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto - a pseudonym representing an individual or a group of individuals. Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the Bitcoin whitepaper to the world on October 31, 2008. Bitcoin is currently the largest cryptocurrency in the world, having dominated the market for the past decade.