48651USD
+3380 (+7.5%)
Market open
911.6BUSD
Market Cap
62.4BUSD
Daily Volume
18.6MBTC
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%
304.4MUSD
48822USD
-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Bybit
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.025%
0.075%
6.1BUSD
48849.5USD
BitMEX
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.025%
0.075%
2.2BUSD
48825USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Phemex
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.025%
0.075%
1.1BUSD
48863.5USD
FTX
Perpetual Futures101x
0.02%
0.07%
3.7BUSD
48854USD
-5% lifetime trading fee discount
Kraken
Perpetual Futures50x
-0.02%
0.075%
427.2MUSD
48828.5USD
Bitfinex
Spot
0.1%
0.2%
458.6MUSD
48802.2USD
Binance US
Spot
0.1%
0.1%
66.1MUSD
48822.9USD
Bitfinex
Perpetual Futures100x
-0.02%
0.075%
70.1MUSD
48651USD
Deribit
Futures100x
-0.01%
0.05%
28.4MUSD
50460.5USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
OKEx
Perpetual Futures100x
0.02%
0.05%
13.3MUSD
48849.8USD
Kraken
Spot
0.16%
0.26%
348.8MUSD
48819.8USD
OKCoin
Spot
0.1%
0.2%
36.4MUSD
48826.9USD
Kraken
FuturesMonthly50x
-0.02%
0.075%
27.8MUSD
49448.5USD
Kraken
FuturesQuarterly50x
-0.02%
0.075%
20MUSD
51472USD
Coinbase Pro
Spot
0.5%
0.5%
1.2BUSD
48726.3USD
Deribit
Perpetual Futures100x
No Fee
0.05%
1.1BUSD
50489USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Kraken
Futures50x
-0.02%
0.075%
1.7MUSD
54069.5USD
Gemini
Spot
0.5%
0.5%
149.7MUSD
48750USD
CEX.IO
Spot
0.16%
0.25%
8.2MUSD
48839.9USD
Coinbase
Broker
1.49%
1.49%
1.2BUSD
48796.2USD
Deribit
FuturesBi-quarterly100x
No Fee
0.05%
23.1MUSD
56708.5USD
-10% trading fee discount for 6 months
Bittrex
Spot
0.25%
0.25%
-
48819.3USD
Co
Coinmama
Broker
-
5.9%
-
48789.9USD
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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 48651 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of 62.4 Billion USD. BTC's price has changed +7.5% in the last 24 hours.
Official
Development
3rd Jan 2009
Genesis Block?
67.81USD
All time low
58.6KUSD
All time high
44.9KUSD
Daily low
49.5KUSD
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 48822 USD with a 24 hour trading volume of 304.4 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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