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Bitcoin sits about 6.2% below its 52-week high, with neutral technical posture and mixed signals. Short-term momentum is modestly positive at 0.9% and the 24-hour change is up 1.0%. The relative strength index is 48, while the MACD remains below its signal line, suggesting slight downside pressure.
Updated 9h ago. Posture describes where the price stands today, from its own trend and momentum. It is not a forecast, a price target or financial advice. How it is worked out
Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions without intermediaries like banks or governments, operating on a blockchain secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm.
With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins and programmatic halvings every four years that reduce miner rewards, Bitcoin is designed as a deflationary digital asset often called "digital gold." Its value stems from solving the double-spending problem without trusted intermediaries, creating the first truly scarce digital asset with censorship resistance and permissionless access that no government, corporation, or individual can control.
Bitcoin operates as a decentralized peer-to-peer network where transactions are recorded on a public ledger called the blockchain, distributed across thousands of computers globally. Transactions are grouped into blocks added approximately every 10 minutes through mining, where specialized computers compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles.
Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption through multiple vectors. The January 2024 SEC approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs opened Bitcoin investment to traditional finance participants, and corporations like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) are using Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset to protect against currency debasement, offering MSTR holders amplified exposure to Bitcoin.
The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve with innovations like Ordinals, which emerged in January 2023 to enable NFT-like functionality directly on Bitcoin, and BRC-20 tokens, an experimental standard for creating fungible tokens using Ordinal inscriptions. BTCFi (Bitcoin Finance) represents emerging financial applications extending beyond Bitcoin's traditional role, with protocols like Babylon allowing Bitcoin holders to stake BTC to secure Proof of Stake chains.
Launched Jan 3, 2009.
| Exchange | Pair | Price | 24h volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binance | BTC/USDT | $82,059 | $845.66M |
| Bybit | BTC/USDT | $82,069 | $639.09M |
| Gate | BTC/USDT | $82,067 | $502.88M |
| KuCoin | BTC/USDT | $82,064 | $290.22M |
| OKX | BTC/USDT | $82,055 | $284.85M |
| HTX | BTC/USDT | $82,019 | $257.31M |
| MEXC | BTC/USDT | $82,044 | $257.08M |
| Coinbase International Exchange | BTC/USDC | $81,954 | $240.76M |
| Coinbase Exchange | BTC/USD | $82,095 | $235.96M |
| Crypto.com Exchange | BTC/USD | $82,109 | $228.17M |
| Bitget | BTC/USDT | $82,062 | $151.41M |
| Kraken | XBT/USD | $82,092 | $81.41M |
Established exchanges only, each with its busiest pair, by 24-hour volume. This is not a recommendation to use any exchange.
Bitcoin is trading at $81,401, −1.19% over the last 24 hours.
Bitcoin has traded $25,559,178,695 in the last 24 hours, about 1.6% of its market cap.
Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1,636,072,532,570, ranking #1 by market cap.
Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $126,080 on Oct 6, 2025. It is currently −34.9% from that peak.
The crypto market is worth $2.83T, up 1.32% over 24 hours, with 20 of the top 100 coins lower and 77 higher. The S&P 500 fell 1.09% to 7,659.44.
The crypto market is worth $2.80T, down 0.12% over 24 hours, with 71 of the top 100 coins lower and 25 higher. The S&P 500 fell 1.09% to 7,659.44.
The crypto market is worth $2.83T, down 0.08% over 24 hours, with 77 of the top 100 coins lower and 19 higher. The S&P 500 fell 1.09% to 7,659.44.
The crypto market is worth $2.84T, down 0.79% over 24 hours, with 67 of the top 100 coins lower and 31 higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.33% to 7,744.06.
The crypto market is worth $2.85T, up 0.77% over 24 hours, with 29 of the top 100 coins lower and 69 higher. The S&P 500 fell 1.11% to 7,718.94.
The crypto market is worth $2.83T, down 1.86% over 24 hours, with 80 of the top 100 coins lower and 18 higher. The S&P 500 was little changed at 7,805.45.
Prices and market data are provided for information only and are not investment advice. Cryptocurrency prices are volatile. Coin descriptions and statistics are sourced from CoinGecko.
