What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin

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Rank #1 by market cap

Bitcoin ($BTC)

The world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, launched in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash without banks, secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 algorithm. With a fixed supply cap of 21 million and halvings every ~4 years, it's designed as a deflationary "digital gold" — scarce, censorship-resistant, and permissionless. Bitcoinbtc#1

Market Snapshot

Per Binance Futures: funding rate 0.01%, open interest ~$107K.

Where It Trades

Bitcoin is listed on all major curated exchanges:

• Binance — 0.10%/0.10% maker/taker, basic KYC
• Bybit — 0.10%/0.10%, basic KYC

Sentiment

CoinGecko sentiment: 74% up.

Risk Factors

• This is the most established asset in crypto — no smart contract (it's the original, bare-bones chain), so no honeypot/tax/proxy risk applies the way it does to tokens.
• Team identity & tokenomics/unlock schedule: the founder is pseudonymous (Satoshi Nakamoto) by design, and there is no single team or unlock calendar to verify — a known structural gap, not a red flag.

Where to buy: any major exchange, e.g. Binance. No verified recent headlines came back from the news feed this turn.