Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 3.5% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on May 6th. During the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded 10.4% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be purchased for approximately $36.72 or 0.00057438 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a market cap of $643.14 million and $37.19 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Zcash (ZEC) traded down 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $23.15 or 0.00036205 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $8.99 or 0.00014064 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 11.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.32 or 0.00000499 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded down 3.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.38 or 0.00000599 BTC.
- Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded 2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0565 or 0.00000088 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Coin Profile
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. It launched on October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold’s total supply is 17,513,924 coins. Bitcoin Gold’s official message board is forum.bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is bitcoingold.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.
Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold
It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin Gold should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Coinbase or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Bitcoin Gold using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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