LIVE · SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 · 09:10 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$78,350.00
-1.46% · 24H
−$1,143.57 since yesterday
24h high
$79,625
24h low
$78,274
Volume
$28.0B
Mkt cap
$1.57T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$78,350.00-1.46%$1.57T$28.1B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,475.89-0.72%$302.3B$10.8B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998-0.01%$183.4B$52.1B
4BNBBNB bnb$751.92+0.97%$100.1B$1.1B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.390-1.08%$87.2B$1.9B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9999-0.01%$74.3B$12.7B

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