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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$78,814.00
+1.88% · 24H
+$1,485.46 since yesterday
24h high
$79,871
24h low
$76,819
Volume
$52.0B
Mkt cap
$1.58T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$78,774.00+1.78%$1.58T$52.0B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,468.69+0.89%$297.9B$21.5B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998-0.00%$183.2B$86.4B
4BNBBNB bnb$702.22+0.38%$93.5B$1.2B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.480-2.00%$92.7B$6.1B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998-0.00%$73.5B$23.2B

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