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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$74,939.00
-2.01% · 24H
−$1,507.54 since yesterday
24h high
$76,512
24h low
$74,706
Volume
$35.8B
Mkt cap
$1.50T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$74,969.00-1.97%$1.50T$36.7B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,061.32-0.78%$248.6B$12.9B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9984-0.03%$189.3B$61.7B
4BNBBNB bnb$654.29-0.81%$88.2B$849.9M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.330-1.06%$82.1B$1.5B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9997-0.00%$76.4B$17.1B

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