Bitcoin price today in USD

Use this page as a quick read of the Bitcoin market in US dollars. The chart in the centre loads live data, and the timeframe buttons above it let you switch between short and long views. Pick a short window to see recent swings, or a longer one to see the broader shape of the market. Hovering over or tapping the chart shows the price at a given moment. That is all you need to get oriented.

Bitcoin is the earliest decentralized cryptocurrency, shaped by a free-market outlook and introduced when someone using the name Satoshi Nakamoto released a design document; the year is 2009. No company or central issuer stands behind it. Trading happens around the clock, on weekends and holidays included, because the market never closes. That also means the price you see is always the latest one recorded, not a closing price.

Prices can differ slightly from venue to venue. Each exchange runs its own marketplace, with its own participants and its own depth, so the last trade on one platform may not match the last trade on another by a small margin. The chart reflects the feed it is connected to, which is why a comparison across platforms can show minor gaps rather than one single number.

What moves the price is mostly the balance of buyers and sellers: shifts in demand, news that changes sentiment, broader conditions in risk assets, and the pace of trading itself. This site publishes no fixed number of its own. The figure belongs to the live feed, and it changes constantly, so the chart is the honest place to look rather than a snapshot that would be stale the moment it was typed.