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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$63,324.00
+0.49% · 24H
+$309.99 since yesterday
24h high
$63,638
24h low
$62,692
Volume
$13.8B
Mkt cap
$1.27T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$63,324.00+0.80%$1.27T$13.8B
2EthereumEthereum eth$1,891.62+1.10%$228.3B$5.1B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9992+0.00%$183.0B$22.8B
4BNBBNB bnb$604.68+0.00%$80.5B$533.2M
5USDCUSDC usdc$0.9996+0.00%$71.8B$5.0B
6XRPXRP xrp$0.9992+0.30%$62.6B$670.3M

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