Bitcoin price.
Check a USD reference quote for 1 BTC. The Bitcoin price and historical samples load on request; their observation times remain visible.
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Reading BTC prices
This Bitcoin line joins sampled reference prices, rather than exchange candles. Breaks mean observations are missing. The opening, high, low and closing values of a candle are different data and are not inferred from this line.
Is the Bitcoin figure an executable trading price?
No. The provider aggregates a reference quote. An exchange can offer a different rate, and fees or withdrawal costs change the amount that reaches your wallet.
Data method: CoinMarketCap API documentation.
Compare purchase fees in the exchange cost guide, or estimate a cross-rate with our converter.
Four prices.
One candle.
Open, high, low, close. A candle compresses a period of trading into one shape.
A 16-second visual explanation.
Illustration only — not market data.
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How to read it
The body spans the opening and closing prices. The thin wick reaches the highest and lowest trades in the period. A rising candle closes above its open; a falling candle closes below it. A candle describes what happened, not what happens next.