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42499USD

-619.661 (-1.4%)

Market open

795.2BUSD

Market Cap
64.3BUSD

Daily Volume
18.7MBTC

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

Perpetual Futures101x

0.02%

0.07%

6BUSD

42781USD

-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Bybit

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.025%

0.075%

5.5BUSD

42730USD
Phemex

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.025%

0.075%

2.9BUSD

42714.5USD
BitMEX

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.025%

0.075%

2.7BUSD

42689.5USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Deribit

Perpetual Futures100x

No Fee

0.05%

1.2BUSD

42707.5USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Coinbase Pro

Spot

0.5%

0.5%

1.2BUSD

42653.5USD
Coinbase

Broker

1.49%

1.49%

1.2BUSD

42625.7USD
FTX

Spot

0.02%

0.07%

478MUSD

42790USD

-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Bitfinex

Spot

0.1%

0.2%

453.7MUSD

42772USD
Kraken

Perpetual Futures50x

-0.02%

0.075%

448.6MUSD

42726.5USD
Kraken

Spot

0.16%

0.26%

334.8MUSD

42770.8USD
Bitfinex

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.02%

0.075%

226.9MUSD

42721USD
Gemini

Spot

0.5%

0.5%

152.6MUSD

42670.8USD
Binance US

Spot

0.1%

0.1%

95MUSD

42711.9USD
Deribit

FuturesBi-quarterly100x

No Fee

0.05%

82.6MUSD

44482USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Bybit

FuturesQuarterly100x

-0.025%

0.075%

64.3MUSD

45578USD
OKCoin

Spot

0.1%

0.2%

35.6MUSD

42697.6USD
Deribit

Futures100x

No Fee

0.05%

29.3MUSD

42639USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
CEX.IO

Spot

0.16%

0.25%

17.7MUSD

42758.8USD
OKEx

Perpetual Futures100x

0.02%

0.05%

16.1MUSD

42719.1USD
Kraken

Futures50x

-0.02%

0.075%

13.4MUSD

43544USD
Kraken

FuturesQuarterly50x

-0.02%

0.075%

12.8MUSD

42676.5USD
Kraken

FuturesMonthly50x

-0.02%

0.075%

4.8MUSD

42499USD
Bittrex

Spot

0.25%

0.25%

-

42658.5USD
Co

Coinmama

Broker

-

5.9%

-

42647.5USD
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What is Bitcoin?

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 42499 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of 64.3 Billion USD. BTC's price has changed -1.4% in the last 24 hours.

Website
Official
Github
Development
3rd Jan 2009

Genesis Block?
67.81USD

All time low
64.8KUSD

All time high
42.4KUSD

Daily low
45.7KUSD

Daily high

💡 Is Bitcoin a good investment?

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.

Massive market dominance
Traded virtually everywhere crypto is traded
Global ecosystem and brand recognition
Active core and third-party development
Primary on- and off-ramp to fiat currencies

Where can you buy & trade Bitcoin?

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 Perpetual Futures Market, where 1 BTC is worth 42781 USD with a 24 hour trading volume of 6 Billion USD.

🧠 What is the Bitcoin Halving?

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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