29181.5USD
-865.206 (-2.9%)
Market open
557BUSD
Market Cap
26.3BUSD
Daily Volume
19MBTC
Circulating Supply
21MBTC
Total Supply
Market Type
Broker
Exchange
Trading Type
Spot
Perpetual Futures
Futures
Country
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
China
App
Android
iPhone
Name
Maker Fee
?
Taker Fee
?
24h Volume
?
Last Price
FTX
Spot
0.02%
0.07%
815.4MUSD
29203USD
-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Phemex
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.025%
0.075%
2.1BUSD
29210.5USD
Bybit
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.025%
0.075%
1.7BUSD
29194.5USD
FTX
Perpetual Futures101x
0.02%
0.07%
3.5BUSD
29203USD
-5% lifetime trading fee discount
BitMEX
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.01%
0.075%
644.4MUSD
29199.5USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Binance US
Spot
0.1%
0.1%
45.8MUSD
29220.2USD
Bitfinex
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.02%
0.075%
59.8MUSD
29233USD
Bitfinex
Spot
0.1%
0.2%
82.1MUSD
29227USD
Bybit
FuturesQuarterly100x
-0.025%
0.075%
38.8MUSD
29517.5USD
OKCoin
Spot
0.1%
0.2%
27.8MUSD
29228.3USD
Kraken
FuturesQuarterly50x
-0.02%
0.075%
2.3MUSD
29195.5USD
Kraken
FuturesMonthly50x
-0.02%
0.075%
1.5MUSD
29181.5USD
Kraken
Futures50x
-0.02%
0.075%
1MUSD
29361.5USD
Coinbase Pro
Spot
0.5%
0.5%
710.6MUSD
29201.6USD
Deribit
Perpetual Futures50x
No Fee
0.05%
346.6MUSD
29228.5USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Kraken
Spot
0.16%
0.26%
89.4MUSD
29211.3USD
CEX.IO
Spot
0.16%
0.25%
2.5MUSD
29240.2USD
Coinbase
Broker
1.49%
1.49%
709.8MUSD
29222.2USD
Gemini
Spot
0.5%
0.5%
35MUSD
29215.9USD
Deribit
Futures50x
No Fee
0.05%
17.5MUSD
29206USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Deribit
FuturesBi-quarterly50x
No Fee
0.05%
2.4MUSD
29942.5USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Kraken
Perpetual Futures50x
-0.02%
0.075%
! 680USD
29216USD
Bittrex
Spot
0.25%
0.25%
-
29206.8USD
Co
Coinmama
Broker
-
6.2%
-
29225.6USD
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Bitcoin is a digital currency that is electronically created and stored. Unlike the euro or US dollar, Bitcoins are not physically printed or generated by any federal reserve, but are calculated by many people around the world using bare computing power. Bitcoin, like other digital currencies, is not subject to control by any state or centralised entity. It can be used to purchase goods and services, or to conduct financial market transactions. In doing so, Bitcoin performs the same functions as a conventional fiat currency. The most important characteristic of Bitcoin and key difference to other financial assets, is its decentralised nature. The Bitcoin network is not subject to any institutional control - the network controls itself. It was created by a software developer with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, whose identity has remained a mystery to this day. The network’s protocol was developed for a maximum of 21 million Bitcoins that can be mined by miners. These coins can be divided into smaller units, called Satoshis.
Bitcoin is solely based on mathematics and cryptography. There is no institutional organization behind the currency to ensure its value. The software is Open Source, which means that everyone can understand what the protocol does and whether it serves its purpose. The technology underlying Bitcoin is known as the blockchain and decisions in the network are made by its users via a consensus mechanism defined in the program code.
Bitcoin's price today is 29181.5 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of 26.3 Billion USD. BTC's price has changed -2.9% in the last 24 hours.
Official
Development
3rd Jan 2009
Genesis Block?
67.81USD
All time low
69.0KUSD
All time high
29.0KUSD
Daily low
30.6KUSD
Daily high
Bitcoin automates the functions of a modern central bank and makes them predictable and virtually immutable by programming them into code decentralised among thousands of network members. No authority can decide on its fate, no central bank in the world can create more of it, and no-one can alter its code without the consent of the rest. This makes Bitcoin the first operational example of digital hard money, and its high stock-to-flow ratio are sure to ensure its value into the future. Despite other tokens becoming more suited for payments and micro transactions, Bitcoin’s massive market dominance and proven track record of several years of operation, make it unlikely to be usurped as the undisputed crypto heavyweight champion anytime soon.
A Bitcoin Exchange works like many trading places for digital currencies, where an electronic order book matches buyers and sellers according to defined rules. The price is decided by the market. If you find a seller for a certain price, you can buy his offer, and vice versa. A market is considered to be particularly liquid, if price moves in a healthy manner and your orders are filled quickly. A Bitcoin Broker, on the other hand, acts as a buyer and seller itself. The Broker is in possession of Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies and buying coins can be as easy as ordering in an online shop.
The best exchange to trade Bitcoin with USD is the FTX Spot Market, where 1 BTC is worth 29203 USD with a 24 hour trading volume of 815.4 Million USD.
Money is just like everything else - it’s value depends on supply and demand. Governments can create money at any time and central banks usually meet every few months to decide whether to adjust the monetary supply. But if a situation seems urgent, they can ramp things up immediately - as recently seen during the Corona crisis. Bitcoin, on the other hand, does not have banks, boards, or anyone in charge. A process known as the Halving decides how much Bitcoin to create.
Back in 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto had an idea: What if you took humans out of the financial equation entirely and created new money on a schedule that would last more than a hundred years? Well, it would be predictable and let people trust the system since they could make very long term plans. But for Bitcoin to be valuable, it needed to be scarce - similar to Gold. Nakamoto, therefore, set the maximum number of Bitcoins to 21 million, limiting its supply. Thanks to the Halving, this supply is slowly eased into circulation by mining. In the early days, the protocol gave away 50 Bitcoins every ten minutes. As time passed, that number went down with the reward halving every 4 years. The code underlying the network dictates that the mining reward is cut in half until it reaches zero and no new coins are mined.
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