BTCUSD
BTCUSD is the notation used to quote the price of Bitcoin (BTC) in United States dollars (USD). It represents the amount of USD required to purchase one Bitcoin on a given trading venue. On major cryptocurrency exchanges, BTCUSD is the standard spot trading pair, though some platforms use BTC-USD or XBTUSD in different quoting conventions.
Trading happens 24/7 across global venues, with prices determined by real-time supply and demand. Because the
Prices are influenced by Bitcoin's fundamentals (network activity, mining rewards, adoption), macroeconomic factors (USD value, inflation
Several benchmarks aggregate BTCUSD prices across venues, such as index providers and reference rates, to offer