Token Profile

Bitcoin ( BTC )

Bitcoin is the first major decentralized digital asset and the benchmark asset for the broader crypto market.

Asset identity

Project Bitcoin

Category Store of value / payment network

Launch 2009

Overview

Bitcoin is the first major decentralized digital asset and the benchmark asset for the broader crypto market.

Project

Bitcoin

Foundation / team : Open-source community

Background

Created under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin introduced a fixed-supply monetary system secured by proof of work and a global node network.

Why traders watch it

BTC often leads market liquidity, sentiment, and leverage across the crypto derivatives complex.

Project Bitcoin

Foundation / team Open-source community

Category Store of value / payment network