Bitcoin Price Index

Exchanges

OKCoin and itBit Added to CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

OKCoin and itBit have joined CoinDesk's USD price index. The criteria for speed of withdrawals has also been adjusted.

Tech  ·  25 November 2014
Markets

LakeBTC Suspended from CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

LakeBTC will be suspended from the CoinDesk BPI for 30 days pending a review of its data.

Markets  ·  31 October 2014
Markets

CoinDesk BPI Spike Caused By LakeBTC Price Ticker Error

The CoinDesk BPI spiked this weekend because of a reporting error in the data supplied by the exchange LakeBTC.

Markets  ·  27 October 2014
Markets

Bitcoin Price Finds Hard Floor Following 26,000 BTC Sell Order

CoinDesk takes a look at movements in the price of bitcoin over the past seven days.

Markets  ·  6 October 2014
Exchanges

LakeBTC Exchange Launches Browser-based Bitcoin Trading App

Shanghai-based cryptocurrency exchange LakeBTC has launched a new HTML5-based trading tool dubbed LakeTrader.

Markets  ·  20 August 2014
Exchanges

Huobi and LakeBTC Added to CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

CoinDesk has added two exchanges, LakeBTC and Huobi, to its US dollar and Chinese yuan Bitcoin Price Indexes, respectively.

Markets  ·  30 June 2014
Markets

Bitcoin Buoyant as Price Surges Past $500

Renewed optimism as the bitcoin price passes $500 for the first time in weeks.

Markets  ·  22 May 2014
Exchanges

Deposit Freeze at Chinese Exchanges Drives Bitcoin Price Below $400

Bitcoin prices fell in USD and CNY markets following reports of banking restrictions from several Chinese exchanges.

Markets  ·  10 April 2014
Regulation

Price of Bitcoin Falls Under $500 Amid Uncertainty in China

CoinDesk's USD BPIs remained below $500 for most of Friday with no new news from China.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 March 2014
Exchanges

CoinDesk Launches Chinese Yuan Bitcoin Price Index

Look out for the new CNY index in the upper right-hand corner of the CoinDesk homepage.

Markets  ·  26 March 2014
Exchanges

Bitfinex Now Included in the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

CoinDesk has added Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex to the Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) as of 16:00 GMT today.

Markets  ·  13 March 2014
Exchanges

Watch Bitstamp, BTC-e and Mt. Gox Prices in Real-Time on CoinDesk

We've updated our bitcoin price data page so you can now see up-to-the-minute prices from the world's largest exchanges.

Markets  ·  21 February 2014
Markets

Winklevoss Twins Launch Price Index for Bitcoin Named the ‘Winkdex’

The Winklevoss brothers have launched their own bitcoin price tracker for their forthcoming ETF.

Business  ·  19 February 2014
News

CoinDesk Real-Time Bitcoin Price Ticker Now Available

CoinDesk has developed a Bitcoin Price Ticker widget that can be embedded into your own website or blog.

Tech  ·  11 February 2014
Exchanges

CoinDesk Removes Mt. Gox from Bitcoin Price Index

CoinDesk has removed Mt. Gox from the BPI due to the exchange’s persistent failure to meet the Index’s standards.

Business  ·  10 February 2014