Bitcoin valuation tops $2,000 - [briefly] 04:27 PM EDT - May,21 2017 - post a comment The world's most popular cryptocurrency has achieved a new milestone as the value of Bitcoin recently topped $2,000 per coin for the first time ever. As of writing, Bitcoins are trading at $2,023.95 according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). That puts the total market cap (the value of all Bitcoins currently on the market) at $33.08 billion. The total supply of Bitcoins currently sits at 16,343,288. Bitcoin first broke the $1,000 barrier in November 2013 but slid significantly shortly after. It wasn't until early this year that its value returned to the $1,000 range. |