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12928.9USD

+150.87 (+1.2%)

Market open

239.1BUSD

Market Cap
25.6BUSD

Daily Volume
18.5MBTC

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

BitMEX

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.025%

0.075%

1.9BUSD

12969USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Bybit

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.025%

0.075%

1.4BUSD

12972.5USD
Phemex

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.025%

0.075%

731.2MUSD

12970USD
Kraken

Perpetual Futures50x

-0.02%

0.075%

136.5MUSD

12959.5USD
Binance US

Spot

0.1%

0.1%

8.3MUSD

12950USD
FTX

Spot

0.02%

No Fee

149.9MUSD

12959USD

-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Bitfinex

Perpetual Futures100x

-0.02%

0.075%

14MUSD

12942USD
OKEx

Perpetual Futures100x

0.02%

0.05%

5.7MUSD

12969.5USD
BitMEX

FuturesBi-quarterly100x

-0.025%

0.075%

88.8MUSD

13060USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Bitfinex

Spot

0.1%

0.2%

70.2MUSD

12956USD
OKCoin

Spot

0.1%

0.2%

19MUSD

12958.2USD
Kraken

FuturesQuarterly50x

-0.02%

0.075%

8.4MUSD

13151.5USD
Kraken

FuturesMonthly50x

-0.02%

0.075%

7.5MUSD

13000USD
Kraken

Futures50x

-0.02%

0.075%

3MUSD

13441.5USD
FTX

Perpetual Futures101x

0.02%

No Fee

666.6MUSD

12969.5USD

-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Deribit

Perpetual Futures100x

No Fee

0.05%

384.7MUSD

12971USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Coinbase Pro

Spot

0.5%

0.5%

236MUSD

12958.6USD
Kraken

Spot

0.16%

0.26%

70.7MUSD

12952.5USD
CEX.IO

Spot

0.16%

0.25%

2.4MUSD

12949.9USD
Coinbase

Broker

1.49%

1.49%

236MUSD

12928.9USD
Gemini

Spot

0.5%

0.5%

32.2MUSD

12957.2USD
Deribit

FuturesBi-quarterly100x

No Fee

0.05%

21.6MUSD

13443USD

-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Bittrex

Spot

0.25%

0.25%

-

12963.1USD
Co

Coinmama

Broker

-

5.9%

-

12959.6USD
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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 12928.9 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of 25.6 Billion USD. BTC's price has changed +1.2% in the last 24 hours.

Website
Official
Github
Development
3rd Jan 2009

Genesis Block?
67.81USD

All time low
19.6KUSD

All time high
12.7KUSD

Daily low
13.1KUSD

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 BitMEX Perpetual Futures Market, where 1 BTC is worth 12969 USD with a 24 hour trading volume of 1.9 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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