The ticker for bitcoin, the native unit of the Bitcoin network and the first widely adopted decentralised digital currency.
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- BTC is the standard ticker symbol for bitcoin, the unit of account on the Bitcoin network. Balances are recorded on a public ledger secured by proof-of-work mining, and the total issuance is bounded by the protocol’s fixed supply schedule.
- BTC is used as a medium of exchange, a settlement asset between participants, and a held reserve. In digital asset markets it serves as a major quote and reference currency alongside the dollar, and it is frequently represented on other ledgers through wrapped or bridged tokens.