#BTC🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

*BTC - Bitcoin* as of today, Aug 21, 2026:

### *Current Price*
- *$75,329 - $75,360 USD* range across exchanges
- *24h range*: Low $69,498 → High $75,528
- *24h change*: +8.6% to +16.94% depending on exchange
- *In LKR*: 1 BTC = *25,408,540.77 LKR* dd5f9027f7225be027b3

### *Key Stats*
Metric Value
**Market Cap** ~$1.5T
**24h Volume** ~$60.6B
**Rank** #1 Crypto
**Circulating Supply** ~20.1M BTC
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### *What’s driving it*
1. *Risk appetite back*: Treasury doubling long-term bond buybacks + Trump urging Congress to pass crypto regulation "Clarity Act" reduced regulatory uncertainty
2. *ETF inflows*: Consecutive Bitcoin ETF inflows strengthening institutional demand
3. *Bounce from lows*: BTC fell below $60k last month, now recovering after dropping from $126k peak in late 2025 6ce7f72215e6

### *Quick basics*
Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency, created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. It runs on blockchain with Proof of Work, max supply of 21M coins. Used as digital store of value + peer-to-peer payments without banks. 6212dc85

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