Key takeaway
Bitcoin remains the benchmark settlement asset for the crypto market and usually sets the tone for liquidity, ETF flows, and risk appetite.
Treat the research summary as context only. Execution risk, liquidity, custody, and jurisdiction still need a separate check before acting.
Key metrics
| Price | $75.12K |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $1.49T |
| 24h real volume | $29.55B |
| 24h change | 3.74% |
| Messari rank | 1 |
| Category | Cryptocurrency |
| Sector | Cryptocurrency |
How to frame this asset
- Messari rank #1 by tracked market cap.
- Price is up 3.74% over the last 24 hours.
- Real volume over the last 24 hours is about $29.55B.
- Tracked market cap is roughly $1.49T.
- Best for users who want the clearest market benchmark before branching into smaller-cap assets.
Bitcoin is the first distributed, [consensus-based](https://messari.io/resource/distributed-systems), censorship-resistant, permissionless, peer-to-peer payment settlement network with a provably scarce, programmable, native currency. The Bitcoin network is an emergent decentralized monetary institution that exists through the interplay of [full nodes](https://messari.io/resource/node), [miners](https://messari.io/resource/mining), and developers. Furthermore, it is set by a social contract created and opted into by the network’s users, which is hardened through [game theory](https://messari.io/c/resource/game-theory) and [cryptography](https://messari.io/resource/cryptography).
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