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About Bitcoin
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.
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# Bitcoin (BTC) Price, Charts & News
\$70,835.00(+2.71%)
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## Bitcoin (BTC) Price Conversion Calculator
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## Bitcoin (BTC) Price Chart Today
Source:
[CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/)
## Bitcoin Resources
Community
[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/)
Source Code
[github](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)
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[twitter](https://twitter.com/bitcoin)[facebook](https://www.facebook.com/bitcoins)
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## About Bitcoin
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.
## Bitcoin & Other Cryptocurrencies
[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/ethereum-eth/)
[Ethereumeth](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/ethereum-eth/)
\$2,183.65
(-2.92%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tether-usdt/)
[Tetherusdt](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tether-usdt/)
\$1.00
(0.00%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/xrp-xrp/)
[XRPxrp](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/xrp-xrp/)
\$1.32
(-1.49%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/bnb-bnb/)
[BNBbnb](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/bnb-bnb/)
\$591.17
(-2.43%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/usdc-usdc/)
[USDCusdc](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/usdc-usdc/)
\$0.9998
(-0.01%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/solana-sol/)
[Solanasol](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/solana-sol/)
\$81.79
(-3.39%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tron-trx/)
[TRONtrx](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tron-trx/)
\$0.3217
(+1.03%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/lido-staked-ether-steth/)
[Lido Staked Ethersteth](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/lido-staked-ether-steth/)
\$2,182.36
(-2.98%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/dogecoin-doge/)
[Dogecoindoge](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/dogecoin-doge/)
\$0.0905
(-2.47%)

## Historical Bitcoin Price Information
Time period
High
Low
7 days
\$73,695.00
\$67,188.00
30 days
\$75,020.00
\$67,188.00
1 year
\$126,156.00
\$60,577.00
5 years
\$126,156.00
\$3,394.01
## Bitcoin (BTC) Prices Exchanges
| Exchange | Average Price |
|---|---|
| [Bybit](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/bybit) | \$70,771.30 |
| [Bitget](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/bitget) | \$70,796.19 |
| [Kraken](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/kraken) | \$70,758.08 |
| [Binance US](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/binance-us) | \$70,789.32 |
## Bitcoin News & Related Stories
Apr 12, 2026
[Iranâs Bitcoin Tollbooth Validates Coinbase, Google Agentic AI Stack](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandycarter/2026/04/12/irans-bitcoin-tollbooth-validates-coinbase-google-agentic-ai-stack/)
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin tollbooth is the first nation-state validation of the Coinbase, Google, Visa, and Mastercard Agentic AI payments architecture.
By[Sandy Carter](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandycarter/)Contributor
Apr 12, 2026
[Bitcoin Price Suddenly Braced For Critical Week As U.S. Treasury Secretary Fuels Huge \$1.5 Quadrillion Crypto Prediction](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/04/12/us-treasury-secretary-fuels-huge-15-quadrillion-crypto-prediction-as-the-bitcoin-price-suddenly-soars/)
U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has helped stoke predictions the stablecoin market could top trading volumes of \$1.5 quadrillion by 2035...
By[Billy Bambrough](https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/)Senior Contributor
Apr 11, 2026
[âNo Dealââ Bitcoin Braces For Crash After Fruitless Vance Iran Talks](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/04/11/no-deal--bitcoin-braces-for-crash-after-fruitless-vance-iran-talks/)
Vance's 21-hour Iran talks ended with no deal. Traders warn bitcoin could retest \$65,000 if escalation resumes or target \$80,000 on diplomacy.
By[Boaz Sobrado](https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/)Contributor
Apr 11, 2026
['Suspicious Signals'âWhy AI's Debanking Problem Should Worry You](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/04/11/suspicious-signals-why-ais-debanking-problem-should-worry-you/)
Anthropic is suspending paying Claude users for "suspicious signals." A fintech CEO sees parallels to the crypto debanking wave that cost founders their bank accounts.
By[Boaz Sobrado](https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/)Contributor
Apr 10, 2026
[One-Stop Whop: The Gen-Z Platform That Wants To Be Your Bank, Broker And Business](https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2026/04/10/one-stop-whop-the-gen-z-platform-that-wants-to-be-your-bank-broker-and-business/)
Whop, valued at \$1.6B after a \$200M Tether investment, launches Treasury yield product via Aave. CEO wants to turn the marketplace into a full financial platform.
By[Boaz Sobrado](https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/)Contributor
Apr 9, 2026
[âBet \$1 BillionââBinanceâs CZ And OKX CEO Star Xu In Public Spat](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/04/09/bet-1-billion-binances-cz-and-okx-ceo-star-xu-in-public-spat/)
Binance founder CZ and OKX CEO Star Xu trade accusations of fraud and lying on X after CZ's memoir revives decade-old OKCoin contract dispute.
By[Boaz Sobrado](https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/)Contributor
Apr 9, 2026
[Iran's Hormuz Tolls Are The GENIUS Act's First Stablecoin Test](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyaevans/2026/04/09/irans-hormuz-tolls-are-the-genius-acts-first-stablecoin-test/)
Iran demands bitcoin and stablecoin tolls at the Strait of Hormuz. The same day, Treasury published GENIUS Act sanctions rules. The law's first stress test is underway.
By[Tonya M. Evans](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyaevans/)Contributor
Apr 9, 2026
[âLet The Games BeginââA âTremendousâ \$6.2 Trillion ETF Price Earthquake Is Suddenly Hurtling Toward Bitcoin](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/04/09/let-the-games-begin-a-massive-62-trillion-price-earthquake-is-suddenly-hurtling-toward-bitcoin/)
A major Wall Street bank is gearing up to blow up the bitcoin price...
By[Billy Bambrough](https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/)Senior Contributor
Apr 8, 2026
[Coinbase Wins OCC Nod For \$376 Billion Institutional Custody Empire](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2026/04/08/coinbase-wins-occ-nod-for-376-billion-institutional-custody-empire/)
Coinbase wins conditional OCC approval for a federal national trust charter, a major step for institutional crypto custody. With \$376B AUM and 80%+ of U.S. BTC/ETH ETF assets, the move brings uniform federal oversight.
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Apr 8, 2026
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## Bitcoin Resources
Community
[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/)
Source Code
[github](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)
Social Media
[twitter](https://twitter.com/bitcoin)[facebook](https://www.facebook.com/bitcoins)
Website
<http://www.bitcoin.org>
Block Explorer
<https://mempool.space/>
## About Bitcoin
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.
## Bitcoin & Other Cryptocurrencies
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[Ethereumeth](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/ethereum-eth/)
\$2,183.65
(-2.92%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tether-usdt/)
[Tetherusdt](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tether-usdt/)
\$1.00
(0.00%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/xrp-xrp/)
[XRPxrp](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/xrp-xrp/)
\$1.32
(-1.49%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/bnb-bnb/)
[BNBbnb](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/bnb-bnb/)
\$591.17
(-2.43%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/usdc-usdc/)
[USDCusdc](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/usdc-usdc/)
\$0.9998
(-0.01%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/solana-sol/)
[Solanasol](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/solana-sol/)
\$81.79
(-3.39%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tron-trx/)
[TRONtrx](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tron-trx/)
\$0.3217
(+1.03%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/lido-staked-ether-steth/)
[Lido Staked Ethersteth](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/lido-staked-ether-steth/)
\$2,182.36
(-2.98%)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/dogecoin-doge/)
[Dogecoindoge](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/dogecoin-doge/)
\$0.0905
(-2.47%)

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BTC
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## Historical Bitcoin Price Information
Time period
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7 days
\$73,695.00
\$67,188.00
30 days
\$75,020.00
\$67,188.00
1 year
\$126,156.00
\$60,577.00
5 years
\$126,156.00
\$3,394.01
Bitcoin (BTC) Prices Exchanges
| Exchange | Average Price |
|---|---|
| [Bybit](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/bybit) | \$70,771.30 |
| [Bitget](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/bitget) | \$70,796.19 |
| [Kraken](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/kraken) | \$70,758.08 |
| [Binance US](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/exchanges/binance-us) | \$70,789.32 |
Bitcoin Resources
About Bitcoin
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.
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[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/usdc-usdc/)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/solana-sol/)

[](https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/tron-trx/)

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