Bitcoin
btc
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$17,125
Trades 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is a market that never sleeps, and the price of BTC is constantly changing. It doesn’t matter what currency or commodity is used to measure how much Bitcoin is worth — BTC is always live and the market is always open.
It wasn’t always this way. In the beginning, before about 2010, there were no exchanges or even reliable price information, and BTC/USD traded at small prices – less than a US cent at one point. Since those days, however, the price of Bitcoin has increased by millions of percent.
As of today, the price of a bitcoin is
btc
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$17,125
. It is also easy to compare different prices in the crypto market – there is no need to rely on any one source, and the market is always at work to find consensus. Want to know how much Bitcoin is worth right now? Cointelegraph provides reliable real-time information for the current price of Bitcoin in dollars and other currencies.
There are also live price charts for a wide range of altcoins, including Ether
ETH
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$1,284
, Dogecoin
DOGE
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$0.10
and BNB
bnb
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$292
. Check out the Cointelegraph Crypto Price Index to get started with the current price of Bitcoin.
How much is 1 Bitcoin worth? 5 How much is Bitcoin worth?
Bitcoin has a fixed supply of 21 million, and its scarcity is one of the unique features of the largest cryptocurrency. BTC Newbies and those unfamiliar with crypto often have problems understanding how the Bitcoin supply works, however.
There can be a maximum of 21 million “whole” coins, but these can be divided to eight decimal places. This is another key feature that makes Bitcoin so versatile – even if BTC/USD trades for $1 million, its smallest unit of account, satoshis (often called sats), will still be worth only $0.01.
Bitcoin has yet to be widely used for payments, and current BTC prices mean that 1 satoshi has a way to go before trading at a full cent. For investors, however, the utility is already there – anyone with at least one satoshi of currency can buy bitcoin.
Yet, among mainstream consumers, the myth still persists that it is possible to buy only one whole bitcoin, when in fact, one can buy a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin.
Want to know how much 1 bitcoin is worth from 100 million sets? Cointelegraph has a dedicated price index covering BTC as well as a wide range of altcoins like Ether and BNB. Updated in real time for several major exchanges, Cointelegraph price indices are the ideal tool for getting to grips with live crypto price information.
How much is a bitcoin in dollars?
Bitcoin is usually quoted in US dollars (USD) on the BTC price index – but that’s not the whole story. The BTC/USD pair represents the price of Bitcoin in dollars, and is constantly updated in real time even when traditional markets are closed.
In addition to the USD, however, there are other indices that refer to the dollar price of Bitcoin but use other cryptocurrencies instead. These US dollar “stablecoins” are a key component of the crypto economy.
The most widely used stablecoin is Tether
USDT
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$1.00
, is active on several blockchains but is always pegged 1:1 to the USD. 1 USDT = 1 USD. Thus, a BTC/USDT ticker displays very similar price information to a BTC/USD ticker, mostly subject to only minute differences. There are other USD stablecoins as well, and tickers such as BTC/USDC and BTC/BUSD can also help understand the dollar price of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin stablecoin pairs are however not the same as BTC/USD: stablecoins have their own issuance rules and features, which are different from fiat currencies. Sometimes, their dollar peg may break, for example, and this temporarily creates incorrect price information for bitcoin in dollars.
For the latest live BTC/USD price information, check the Cointelegraph price index updated in real time, 24/7, for the world’s largest crypto exchanges.
This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should do their own research when making a decision.
