How to Trade Bitcoin CFDs in 4 Easy Steps

Open a trading account with AvaTrade
Fund your account
Fill in your preferred investment amount
BUY (go long) or SELL (go short) Bitcoin

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What is Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the world’s first digital currency and it is expanding in popularity worldwide. Now, traders can trade Bitcoin with AvaTrade as the ideal asset in CFD trades. With our platform – MetaTrader 4 you can trade this rapidly growing currency against the US Dollar 24/7. Bitcoin is highly regarded among currency traders and its volatile nature makes them ideal for CFD trading.

Bitcoin’s Rise to Prominence

Around 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto founded Bitcoin. At the time, a paper was published through the Cryptography Mailing List. The first Bitcoin software client was released in 2009, and he collaborated with many other developers on the open-source team, careful never to reveal his identity. By 2011, the enigmatic Bitcoin founder had disappeared. His peers understood how valuable this cryptocurrency was, and worked feverishly to develop it to its maximum potential.

By October 2009, the world’s first Bitcoin exchange was established. At the time, $1 was the equivalent of 1,309 Bitcoin. Considering how expensive Bitcoin is today, that was a real steal. Bitcoin traded at a fraction of a penny for quite some time. Things started changing in 2010; as the distribution of Bitcoin increased, the digital currency became inherently more valuable.

Demand increased, reversing the exchange rate accordingly. In early 2010, the currency was gaining momentum, and so the distribution of the Bitcoin started to increase along with its demand. By November of that year 4 million Bitcoins had been ‘mined’.
And so, the rise of the Bitcoin began…