Gate News Bot Message, January 09, According to CoinMarketCap data, at the time of press, BTC (Bitcoin) is currently priced at $90,994.47, up 0.18% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $94,762.07 and a low of $89,233.88. The 24-hour trading volume reached $43.029 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.82 trillion, an increase of $32.88 million compared to yesterday.
Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new form of currency. BTC operates on a peer-to-peer technology, without the need for a central authority or bank involvement. Transaction management and Bitcoin issuance are collectively handled by the network. Bitcoin is open-source, with its design being public. No one owns or controls Bitcoin, and everyone can participate. Through its many unique attributes, Bitcoin enables exciting applications that no previous payment system could achieve, including fast peer-to-peer transactions, global payments, and low processing fees.