Bitcoin · Spot · BTC / USD
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Last 24 hours
per coinBitcoin is the original cryptocurrency — a fixed-supply digital asset traded 24 hours a day on exchanges worldwide. This page shows its live price in U.S. dollars per coin, with the last 24 hours charted.
What moves the bitcoin price?
Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million coins and issuance halves roughly every four years, so price is driven almost entirely by demand. The main forces are macro liquidity and interest rates, flows into spot bitcoin ETFs, adoption news, and plain market sentiment — which can shift fast.
Why it’s so volatile
Crypto trades 24/7 with no daily close and thinner liquidity than major stock or bond markets, so sentiment moves price quickly and double-digit days are not unusual. That potential for sharp gains comes with equally sharp drawdowns — size positions accordingly.
Frequently asked questions
- How often does the bitcoin price update?
- Continuously — bitcoin trades 24/7. The chart shows the most recent 24 hours of datapoints.
- Is this the exact price I’d pay on an exchange?
- It’s a benchmark market price. The actual price on any exchange varies slightly and you’ll also pay a spread and trading fees.
- Where does this bitcoin price data come from?
- The data is served by the APIVerve Bitcoin Price API. If you build apps or tools and want the same live data as a simple JSON endpoint, it’s available directly from APIVerve.
- How many bitcoin will ever exist?
- 21 million. New supply is released through mining and halves about every four years, which is central to bitcoin’s scarcity narrative.