Bitcoin traded at $65,003.57 at 7:30 a.m. ET, up $65.41 from yesterday morning and 3.10% from a month ago, but down about $54,300, or 45.52%, from $119,317.23 a year earlier. The piece presents the original cryptocurrency as a decentralized, peer-to-peer network with a roughly $1.33 trillion market capitalization, still far larger than Ethereum's roughly $233 billion, and says speculation, company adoption, macro conditions and regulation continue to drive sharp swings. It also highlights common access routes including direct exchange purchases, Bitcoin IRAs and exchange-traded funds, and compares Bitcoin with Ethereum, Tether, a stablecoin (token tied to another asset), and XRP.