Bitcoin (BTC) Price Up 3.95% Overnight

The 24-hour trading volume is around £25.8 billion ($30.9 billion), and it has a market cap of about £357.9 billion ($428.0 billion).

The 52-week high of Bitcoin is £50,843 ($68,790), while the 52-week low is £14,485 ($17,709).

If you purchased a single Bitcoin at the 52-week low of £14,485 ($17,709) and sold it at today’s price of £18,742 ($22,415), you’d earn £4,257 ($4,706) for a positive return of 29.39%. Alternatively, if you purchased a single Bitcoin at the 52-week high of £50,843 ($68,790) and sold it at today’s price, you’d have lost 63.14%, equivalent to minus £32,101 (minus $46,375). If you want to start investing in Bitcoin, you'll need a crypto exchange to do so. Keep in mind you may owe taxes on any gains you realise. Past performance is not a predictor of future results. Purchasing Bitcoin is speculative and you may lose all of your investment.

Bitcoin has moved up by 3.95% within the last 24 hours. Overall, BTC's price today is above its 52-week low of £14,485 ($17,709).

Over the past week, Bitcoin has hit a high of £18,710 ($22,377) and a low of £16,020 ($19,000).

The cryptocurrency, overall, has moved down during the past three months. Over the past 90 days, it has fallen to its current price of £18,742 ($22,415).

As of now, a total of 19,096,606 Bitcoins have been mined. Several million Bitcoins are thought to be inaccessible, due to holders having lost network keys or wallet passwords. There’s a maximum supply of 21 million.

Analysts project that the last Bitcoin will be mined sometime around 2140. No new Bitcoins will enter circulation after this point.

As the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is the best known of the more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies on the market today. But the ins and outs of this cryptocurrency can be difficult to understand. Here’s a look at how Bitcoin works.