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Live Bitcoin price (BTC/USD) with 24-hour high, low, and charts.
Record high reflects the highest price in our available data history.
Interactive candlesticks for BTC/USD — hover to inspect any candle.
Candles are reconstructed from the Bitcoin price’s high, low and average for each interval. Indicative data for charting — not a trading feed.
How the bitcoin price has moved over time, shown in US Dollar per coin.
| Period | Change (USD/coin) | % change |
|---|---|---|
| Today | +$ 1,924.57 | +3.12% ↑ |
| 1 Week | -$ 7,705.32 | -10.79% ↓ |
| 1 Month | -$ 16,674.69 | -20.75% ↓ |
| 6 Months | -$ 27,876.00 | -30.45% ↓ |
| 1 Year | -$ 42,242.30 | -39.88% ↓ |
| 5 Years | +$ 28,519.16 | +81.12% ↑ |
Percentages reflect the international bitcoin price (BTC/USD). Indicative data, not financial advice.
Bitcoin is the first and largest cryptocurrency, often compared to gold as a scarce, decentralized store of value — sometimes called “digital gold.” It trades 24/7 and is quoted in US dollars.
Its supply is capped at 21 million coins, and we include it here so you can compare this alternative asset against precious metals on a single dashboard.
Bitcoin’s fixed 21-million cap and periodic “halvings” reduce new supply, a core part of its scarcity narrative.
Interest rates, the dollar, and overall risk appetite strongly influence Bitcoin’s price.
Institutional inflows, ETFs, and regulatory news drive large swings in sentiment.
| Maximum supply | 21,000,000 BTC |
| Consensus | Proof of Work |
| Launched | January 2009 |
| New supply | Halves roughly every 4 years |
| Block time | ~10 minutes |
The bitcoin price is quoted in US dollars per coin. To see it in your own currency, simply apply your exchange rate.
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Bitcoin was introduced in 2008 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in a now-famous white paper, and the network went live in January 2009 with the mining of the “genesis block”. It was the first system to solve the double-spending problem without a central authority, using a public ledger called the blockchain — making truly digital, peer-to-peer money possible for the first time.
For its first years Bitcoin was an obscure experiment among cryptographers; the first real-world purchase — two pizzas for 10,000 BTC in 2010 — is now legendary. Over the following decade it grew from fractions of a cent into a globally traded asset worth tens of thousands of dollars, surviving exchange collapses, regulatory battles, and wild boom-and-bust cycles to become the largest cryptocurrency and a mainstream “digital gold”.
Bitcoin runs on a decentralized network of thousands of computers worldwide that together maintain a shared, tamper-resistant ledger. New transactions are grouped into “blocks” and confirmed roughly every ten minutes through proof-of-work mining, in which computers compete to solve a cryptographic puzzle. The winner adds the next block and earns newly created bitcoin plus fees.
Its supply is capped at 21 million coins, and the rate of new issuance is cut in half about every four years — an event known as the “halving”. This predictable, diminishing supply is central to Bitcoin’s scarcity story, and it is enforced not by any institution but by the network’s open-source code.
Bitcoin is used primarily as a store of value and a hedge against inflation and currency debasement — the reason it is often called “digital gold”. It also enables fast, borderless payments without a bank, which is especially useful for cross-border transfers and in countries with unstable currencies or limited banking access.
Increasingly, Bitcoin is held by institutions, companies, and even some governments as a reserve asset, and it can now be bought through exchange-traded funds, making exposure as simple as buying a stock.
Bitcoin trades 24 hours a day, every day of the year, across hundreds of global exchanges, quoted in US dollars and many other currencies. Its price is famously volatile, driven by supply events like the halving, macro factors such as interest rates and the dollar, institutional adoption, and overall risk appetite. As the largest and most liquid cryptocurrency, Bitcoin often sets the tone for the entire crypto market.
Both are scarce assets held as a hedge outside the traditional financial system, which is why Bitcoin is often nicknamed “digital gold.”
Yes — unlike metals markets, Bitcoin trades 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Considerably. Bitcoin can move several percent in a day, far more than gold typically does.