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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$79,833.00
+1.71% · 24H
+$1,361.98 since yesterday
24h high
$80,529
24h low
$78,329
Volume
$37.4B
Mkt cap
$1.60T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$79,824.00+1.69%$1.60T$37.4B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,368.51+2.29%$285.9B$17.0B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9997-0.00%$189.5B$60.0B
4XRPXRP xrp$1.420+2.08%$87.7B$1.7B
5BNBBNB bnb$630.49+1.92%$85.0B$1.3B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998-0.01%$77.3B$10.7B

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