Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin (BTC) is a cryptocurrency listed on global exchanges and tracked across major data providers. It currently ranks #1 among all cryptocurrencies by total market value. It belongs to the Smart Contract Platform and Layer 1 (L1) category. Live price, market cap, trading volume, and historical performance are displayed on this page and refreshed continuously.

Bitcoin launched on January 3, 2009, making it approximately 17.6 years old. Since then, the project has developed an ecosystem of users, developers, and applications around the BTC token.

Bitcoin uses Proof of Work (PoW) consensus with the SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Specialised mining hardware (ASICs) competes to solve cryptographic puzzles every ~10 minutes; the winning miner appends a new block of transactions and earns the block subsidy plus fees. Roughly every four years (every 210,000 blocks), the block subsidy halves — a deflationary mechanism that caps total supply at 21 million BTC. Transactions follow the UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) model, where each spend consumes prior outputs and creates new ones. Full nodes worldwide independently validate every block against consensus rules.

There are currently 20,067,456 BTC in circulation out of a maximum supply of 21,000,000, meaning approximately 95.6% of the total BTC that will ever exist has been issued. New tokens enter circulation through the protocol's pre-defined emission schedule.

Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $126,080 on October 6, 2025. Currently the price sits 48.9% below this peak. All-time highs are useful benchmarks for assessing the asset's historical price range, but past performance does not predict future results.

Bitcoin (BTC) is traded on most major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX, Bybit, and Bitstamp. Availability depends on your jurisdiction and the exchange's listings. After purchase, many users transfer their BTC to a self-custody wallet for long-term storage. This information is educational and does not constitute investment advice.

Cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are highly volatile and carry significant risk of loss. Over the past year, BTC has lost approximately 44.4% of its value. Whether Bitcoin is appropriate for a given portfolio depends on the investor's individual risk tolerance, time horizon, and financial situation. Always research the project's fundamentals, understand the risks, and only allocate capital you can afford to lose. This page provides market data only, not personalised investment advice. Consider consulting a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.

Bitcoin is often called "digital gold" because, like physical gold, its supply is finite (capped at 21 million BTC) and the cost of creating new units is high. These properties make Bitcoin scarce and resistant to debasement. Unlike gold, Bitcoin is verifiable, portable across borders in seconds, and divisible to eight decimal places, which is why many investors hold it as a long-term store of value.

Bitcoin (BTC) has a market capitalisation of approximately $1.29T, which ranks it #1 among all cryptocurrencies. Market cap is calculated as the circulating supply multiplied by the current price and is the most common way to compare the relative size of cryptocurrencies. It updates continuously as the price moves.

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is set continuously by supply and demand across global exchanges. The main factors are its circulating and maximum supply, trading volume and liquidity, overall crypto-market sentiment, its correlation with Bitcoin, regulatory developments, and real adoption of the underlying network. Because the market trades 24 hours a day, the price can change at any moment.

No one can reliably predict the future price of Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency. Where sufficient history is available, this page shows a model-based forecast range derived from historical volatility and trend — it should be read as a scenario illustration, not a target or a promise. Crypto prices are highly volatile and shaped by events no model can foresee, so always do your own research and never invest more than you can afford to lose.

"Safe" depends on two separate things: how you hold Bitcoin (BTC), and price risk. For custody, use reputable exchanges and consider a self-custody hardware wallet for larger amounts, and never share your private keys or seed phrase. For price, every cryptocurrency is volatile and can lose value quickly, so only commit capital you can afford to lose. Being listed on major exchanges is not an endorsement or a guarantee against loss.

Bitcoin uses a Proof-of-Work design, so it cannot be "staked" natively the way Proof-of-Stake coins can. Some exchanges offer lending or "earn" products on BTC, but those carry counterparty risk and are different from protocol-level staking.