What is the price of bitcoin today?
The price of bitcoin, or 1 BTC, traded at $59,382.75, as of 8 a.m. ET. The highest intraday price that the original crypto reached in the past year was $60,359.60 on Feb. 28, 2024, at 8:24 a.m. ET.
Bitcoin price chart
The chart above is pulling data as of 8 a.m. ET daily and doesn’t display intraday highs or lows.
Bitcoin price history
Bitcoin’s 52-week intraday high was on Feb. 28, 2024, trading at $60,359.60 per bitcoin. The lowest intraday price that the crypto traded in the past year was $19,582.88 on March 10, 2023. The original crypto is up by 153.18% year over year.
BTC had very humble beginnings when it was launched in January 2009. Fifteen years later, the world’s first cryptocurrency has completely shifted global financial markets and amassed a global market capitalization of $1.18 trillion.
The crypto is also becoming a popular alternative to government-backed fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, which tend to lose value over time due to inflation.
What is bitcoin?
Bitcoin runs on a groundbreaking blockchain-based network powered by a collection of global users. It allows anyone with internet access…
