Cotation des cryptomonnaies en bitcoin - Valeur et prix en temps réel
How is the Price of Cryptocurrencies Established?
If you had bought $1000 of Bitcoin at the beginning of 2017, at current prices you would have more than 26000$. That is, you would have multiplied your investment by 26.
But, why has the value of Bitcoin increased so much? How is the price of cryptocurrencies determined?
The price of cryptocurrencies is determined by the people participating in the buying and selling process. The famous law of supply and demand.
Unlike traditional currencies or FIAT money (dollars, euros, pounds...), which are backed by Organizations and Governments that can influence their value for the benefit of a few, the value of cryptocurrencies is solely determined by the use that their users make of them.
Cryptocurrencies can be purchased on different platforms, known as Exchanges. On them, people offer their cryptocurrencies at a price and others propose to buy them at another price. If these buy-sell orders match, the exchange is made.
This is nothing more than a typical deal between two people, in which one proposes a price and the other haggles. However, through these platforms, millions of these deals can be made between hundreds of thousands of people in a matter of seconds.
How Many Cryptocurrencies Are There
The popularity of cryptocurrencies has only increased in recent years. In addition, simple methods of creating cryptocurrencies, called ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings), have emerged. Through them, business projects can finance themselves by seeking investors to buy their cryptocurrency.
This has led to the birth of thousands of cryptocurrencies worldwide. Although the truth is that many of them are useless.
Currently, at criptomoneda.ninja we track more than 3,600 cryptocurrencies.
How to Use the Cryptocurrency List
At the top, you will find a list with many of the existing virtual currencies where you can see how much cryptocurrencies are worth.
The cryptocurrency table we show on this page is sorted according to the volume they have moved in the last 24 hours. This way, you can know the ranking of the most popular cryptocurrencies at the moment.
However, the table has other options to learn more about cryptocurrencies:
- Market Cap. If you sort cryptocurrencies by their market capitalization, you can see which are the largest cryptocurrencies that exist. For years, Bitcoin has been the digital asset with the most value, always followed by Ethereum. These two cryptocurrencies are currently considered the most important.
- Variation during the last 24 hours. If you sort cryptocurrencies by their variation, you can learn about the coins that have appreciated the most in the last 24 hours. This way you can design a better investment strategy. If a cryptocurrency grows a lot in the last few hours, it doesn't mean it will continue to do so, but it gives you an indicator of what type of cryptocurrencies the market currently prefers.
- Furthermore, if you click on the name of a cryptocurrency, you can find much more information about it, such as its chart.