Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 10:00 AM Eastern on August 8th. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1.31 trillion and approximately $14.84 billion worth of Bitcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. Bitcoin (BTC) is the first successful decentralized cryptocurrency. Bitcoin transactions are registered on open-source software. While anyone can access these transactions, Bitcoin works through pseudonymous addresses.