LIVE · MAY 5, 2026 · 09:03 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$80,733.00
+1.28% · 24H
+$1,032.30 since yesterday
24h high
$81,136
24h low
$78,359
Volume
$48.6B
Mkt cap
$1.62T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$80,712.00+1.25%$1.62T$48.6B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,372.80+0.50%$286.4B$20.5B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998+0.00%$189.5B$76.2B
4XRPXRP xrp$1.410-0.46%$86.9B$2.0B
5BNBBNB bnb$626.93-0.21%$84.5B$1.3B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9999-0.00%$77.8B$16.4B

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