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Live Bitcoin (BTC) price, market cap, supply and technical indicators computed from a year of daily closes. Everything below is served from our own domain.
#1 by market cap Live price 365 days of history Not financial advice
Bitcoin
BTC
$64,136.98
-0.31% 24h -0.53% 7d
Price · last 90 days
Market cap
$1.28T
24h volume
$65.34B
Circulating supply
19.97M BTC
Fully diluted
$1.35T
Price updated · Market data from CoinLore, daily closes from Binance · fetched by our server, never by your browser · not financial advice
Key readings
Market posture
Leaning negative
Rule-based read
RSI (14)
49.7
Neutral band
30-day range
35%
Support → resistance
Volatility · 30d
23.0%
Annualised, 30-day window
Max drawdown
-53.0%
Worst fall in window
30-day return
+2.90%
On daily closes
01 Price action
Price 365 daily closes
Daily closing price over the full window we hold.
Traded volume 364 complete days, US dollars
Dollars changing hands each day in this asset's main Binance market — not a price, and not the same thing as market cap. Today is excluded because it is still in progress. Thin volume is what turns a small order into a large move.
Drawdown from peak worst -53.0%
How far below its running high the price sat on each day. The single max-drawdown figure above says how deep; this says when, and for how long it stayed there.
Volatility, rolling 30 days annualised
Realised volatility recomputed each day over the previous 30. The figures above are two fixed snapshots; this shows whether the asset is settling down or winding up.
Every chart above plots a different measurement — none of them is the price line repeated at another zoom level. All are drawn from daily closes, so intraday spikes do not appear, and our history reaches back 365 days — the high and low quoted anywhere on this page are for that window, not all time.
02 What the indicators say
A transparent, rule-based read of standard technical indicators. Each line states the rule it applied, so you can disagree with the rule rather than having to trust a score. These describe current price behaviour. They are not forecasts.
- Uptrend Price is above the 20-day average and the 20-day sits above the 50-day — the moving averages are stacked bullishly.
- Neutral RSI(14) at 49.7 sits in the neutral 30-70 band.
- Negative momentum The MACD line is below its signal line (negative histogram) — near-term momentum is downward.
- Below 200-day Price is below its 200-day moving average — a common long-term regime marker.
RSI (14)
49.7
0-100, 30-70 is neutral
MACD histogram
-31.24
12/26/9, price units
Volatility · 365d
43.2%
Annualised, full window
Max drawdown
-53.0%
Worst peak-to-trough, 365d
Statistical range, ±1σ over 30 days
$60,045.89 – $68,517.59
Derived from realised volatility: if the next 30 days are as volatile as the last 30 and returns are normally distributed, price would end inside this band about two times in three. This is not a forecast. It is a restatement of how much this asset has been moving. We do not publish price predictions or confidence scores.
03 Performance
| Window | Return | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -0.81% | — | — |
| 30 days | +2.90% | $66,556.16 | $62,823.64 |
| 90 days | -20.90% | $79,113.21 | $58,624.71 |
| 365 days | -47.98% | $124,658.54 | $58,624.71 |
Returns are measured close-to-close. Highs and lows are the highest and lowest daily close in the window, not intraday extremes.
04 Supply
| Circulating supply | 19.97M BTC |
|---|---|
| Total supply | 19.97M BTC |
| Maximum supply | 21.00M BTC |
| Issued so far | 95.1% |
| Fully diluted valuation | $1.35T |
Fully diluted valuation is the current price multiplied by maximum supply. It assumes every remaining coin is issued and that price does not change as that happens — neither of which is a safe assumption. Treat it as an upper bound, not a target.
05 BTC to US dollars
At $64,136.98 per BTC. Edit either box. Exchange fees and spread are not included.
| BTC | USD |
|---|---|
| 0.1 BTC | $6,413.70 |
| 0.5 BTC | $32,068.49 |
| 1 BTC | $64,136.98 |
| 5 BTC | $320,684.90 |
| 10 BTC | $641,369.80 |
| 100 BTC | $6,413,698.00 |
About this page
This page reports the current market state of Bitcoin. It is generated from live data, so the numbers change; the descriptions around them do not editorialise about where the price is going.
What is deliberately missing. There is no all-time high, because our price history reaches back one year and we will not present a bounded window as an all-time figure. There is no price prediction, no target and no confidence score, because we would have to invent them. There is no "buy" or "sell" rating.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the price of Bitcoin today?
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $64,136.98. That is -0.31% over the last 24 hours and -0.53% over the last seven days. Prices update every few minutes.
What is the market cap of Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has a market capitalisation of $1.28T, which ranks it #1 among all cryptocurrencies. Market cap is the circulating supply multiplied by the current price — it is not the amount of money invested in the asset.
How many BTC are in circulation?
About 19.97M BTC are circulating, out of a maximum supply of 21.00M — roughly 95.1% of the total that will ever exist.
Is Bitcoin overbought or oversold?
Its 14-day RSI is 49.7. Above 70 is conventionally called overbought and below 30 oversold, so BTC currently reads as neither. RSI describes how one-sided recent price moves have been; it is not a signal to trade.
What is the highest price Bitcoin reached recently?
Over the last 365 days of daily closes, Bitcoin peaked at $124,658.54 and bottomed at $58,624.71. Note this is a 365-day window, not an all-time figure — our price history reaches back one year, so we do not claim to know the all-time high.
How has Bitcoin performed over the past month?
Bitcoin is +2.90% over 30 days and -0.81% over 7 days, measured on daily closes. Its annualised volatility over the past 30 days is 23%, which is relatively low for a major cryptocurrency.
Should I buy Bitcoin?
We do not give investment advice and nothing on this page is a recommendation. This page reports prices and describes what standard technical indicators currently read; it makes no forecast. Cryptocurrency is volatile and you can lose your entire stake.
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