tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/investments/1060-bitcoin-pricerate-updateInfinite Kind: Discussion 2016-10-02T02:43:26Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/402265532016-06-30T04:49:05Z2016-06-30T04:49:05ZBitcoin price/rate Update<div><p>Has anyone figured out how to get price of Bitcoin to daily
update? In yahoo finance there is a currency and daily price for
Bitcoin with codes USD/BTC (BTCUSD=X). I've tried all combinations
of this in the Currency ID field of the Bitcoin currency I created
but nothing seems to work during the quotes and exchange daily
update process.</p></div>gerardtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/402265532016-06-30T14:29:59Z2016-06-30T14:29:59ZBitcoin price/rate Update<div><p>I created a currency for BitCoin and put BTC in the "Currency
ID" field and was able to get the Quotes and Exchange rates
extension to download a current price for the currency. Historical
prices do not seem to be available.</p>
<p>Ben Spencer<br>
Infinite Kind Support</p></div>Ben Spencertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/402265532016-07-01T05:27:46Z2016-07-01T05:27:46ZBitcoin price/rate Update<div><p>Thanks Ben, I should have mentioned that yes I had tried this.
When I do<br>
I get a value (666.66667 which is close to current value), sometime
it<br>
changes to 625 but that's all and it doesn't seem to update value
each<br>
day, whereas BTC is a very volatile currency. Whenever I run the
quotes<br>
and exchange rate update extension all the other currencies are
updating<br>
nicely and accurately. I watched this for several days and some
days the<br>
BTC price value reported by MD (either 666 or 625) was
completely<br>
outside the days range reported by Yahoo Finance. If you run a
quotes<br>
and exchange rate update and then immediately check the
currencies<br>
current price in MD all, with the exception of BTC, are very very
close<br>
to what Yahoo Finance reports. I have AUD, GBP, EUR, NZD and AED
with a<br>
base of USD.</p>
<p>As an interesting aside, If I create a Security with USD as
currency<br>
and put the security ticker as BTCUSD=X then this updates price in
MD<br>
perfectly each day. I've selected Yahoo Finance USA for current
and<br>
historical updates source. This is fine for getting updated daily
value<br>
but not so good when you are transferring BTC between wallets
(accounts)<br>
or income and expenses as every transaction needs multiple MD<br>
transactions and causes other MD reporting issues.</p>
<p>Thanks</p></div>gerardtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/402265532016-07-01T13:05:15Z2016-07-01T13:05:15ZBitcoin price/rate Update<div><p>It seems to be working for me now. I got a downloaded rate of
680.27 using the currency code BTC this morning.</p>
<p>I am am fairly confident BTC is the correct code. If Yahoo fails
to provide the correct data for the code there isn't anything we
can do on our end.</p>
<p>Ben Spencer<br>
Infinite Kind Support</p></div>Ben Spencertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/402265532016-07-01T13:07:37Z2016-07-01T13:07:37ZBitcoin price/rate Update<div><p>Thanks, Not sure why I see a difference. I will try again</p></div>gerard