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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
₿
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$84,378.00
▼ -0.02% · 24H
−$15.14 since yesterday
24h high
$84,831
24h low
$82,997
Volume
$38.2B
Mkt cap
$1.69T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$84,375.00-0.02%$1.69T$38.2B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,688.16+0.48%$328.2B$14.6B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9997-0.02%$183.5B$68.5B
4BNBBNB bnb$778.09+1.56%$103.6B$1.0B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.530+2.82%$96.2B$4.3B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998-0.01%$75.1B$19.4B

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