Bitcoin Price Hits $3,546.72 on Major Exchanges (BTC)

   2018-12-18 01:12

Bitcoin (CURRENCY:BTC) traded 8.7% higher against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on December 17th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $61.81 billion and approximately $5.54 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, Bitcoin has traded 1.7% higher against the dollar. One Bitcoin coin can currently be purchased for about $3,546.72 on popular exchanges including ZB.COM, Binance, Exmo and ABCC.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:



  • Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 10.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $90.63 or 0.02552431 BTC.
  • Steem (STEEM) traded up 9.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.24 or 0.00006694 BTC.
  • Unobtanium (UNO) traded up 10.8% against the dollar and now trades at $80.54 or 0.02269029 BTC.
  • Namecoin (NMC) traded 9.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.56 or 0.00015655 BTC.
  • Counterparty (XCP) traded up 12.8% against the dollar and now trades at $2.42 or 0.00068214 BTC.
  • Crown (CRW) traded up 9.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.13 or 0.00003730 BTC.
  • CHIPS (CHIPS) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0430 or 0.00001299 BTC.
  • Terracoin (TRC) traded up 9.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0209 or 0.00000590 BTC.
  • ATBCoin (ATB) traded up 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0065 or 0.00000183 BTC.
  • UnbreakableCoin (UNB) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00001757 BTC.

Bitcoin Coin Profile

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on January 3rd, 2009. Bitcoin’s total supply is 17,428,550 coins. Bitcoin’s official message board is bitcointalk.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin is /r/bitcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin’s official Twitter account is @bitcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin’s official website is bitcoin.org.

According to CryptoCompare, “Balances – block chain The block chain is a shared public ledger on which the entire Bitcoin network relies. All confirmed transactions are included in the block chain. This way, Bitcoin wallets can calculate their spendable balance and new transactions can be verified to be spending bitcoins that are actually owned by the spender. The integrity and the chronological order of the block chain are enforced with cryptography. Transactions – private keys A transaction is a transfer of value between Bitcoin wallets that gets included in the block chain. Bitcoin wallets keep a secret piece of data called a private key or seed, which is used to sign transactions, providing a mathematical proof that they have come from the owner of the wallet. The signature also prevents the transaction from being altered by anybody once it has been issued. All transactions are broadcast between users and usually begin to be confirmed by the network in the following 10 minutes, through a process called mining. Processing – mining Mining is a distributed consensus system that is used to confirm waiting transactions by including them in the block chain. It enforces a chronological order in the block chain, protects the neutrality of the network, and allows different computers to agree on the state of the system. To be confirmed, transactions must be packed in a block that fits very strict cryptographic rules that will be verified by the network. These rules prevent previous blocks from being modified because doing so would invalidate all following blocks. Mining also creates the equivalent of a competitive lottery that prevents any individual from easily adding new blocks consecutively in the block chain. This way, no individuals can control what is included in the block chain or replace parts of the block chain to roll back their own spends. “

Buying and Selling Bitcoin

Bitcoin can be purchased on the following cryptocurrency exchanges: bitFlyer, IDAX, Exrates, Bit-Z, Coinroom, Instant Bitex, Coinsquare, OEX, Gate.io, EXX, BtcTrade.im, BitMart, ZB.COM, GOPAX, Kraken, Kryptono, itBit, Poloniex, Bitbank, Korbit, DragonEX, IDCM, Livecoin, Tidex, Bitlish, Cobinhood, Bitsane, C2CX, CoinsBank, Liquid, BigONE, LocalTrade, ABCC, Negocie Coins, HADAX, OOOBTC, Huobi, FCoin, B2BX, Zaif, MBAex, LakeBTC, CoinTiger, Gemini, CoinEx, OKEx, DOBI trade, HitBTC, Coindeal, YoBit, Vebitcoin, DigiFinex, Iquant, Binance, Bittrex, TOPBTC, Bitinka, Cryptonex, BitBay, UEX, Mercatox, Upbit, Bithumb, Exmo, ChaoEX, Fatbtc, Coinsuper, BitForex, Cryptopia, BiteBTC, CEX.IO, RightBTC, Coinone, BTC-Alpha, Bitstamp, LBank, BTCBOX, Coinbe, Coinbase Pro, Paribu, Kucoin, Sistemkoin, Allcoin, Bitfinex, Bibox, Coinhub, Trade By Trade, InfinityCoin Exchange, CoinBene, LATOKEN, Ovis, QuadrigaCX, Hotbit, Simex, CoinEgg, Coincheck, xBTCe, BCEX, CPDAX and BitMEX. Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Changelly, Coinbase or Gemini.

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