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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$76,181.00
-1.79% · 24H
−$1,367.12 since yesterday
24h high
$77,881
24h low
$76,184
Volume
$35.0B
Mkt cap
$1.53T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$76,169.00-1.81%$1.53T$35.2B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,070.09-2.83%$250.2B$14.5B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9988-0.03%$189.4B$59.3B
4BNBBNB bnb$656.06-1.04%$88.6B$1.0B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.330-1.92%$82.7B$1.5B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9997-0.01%$76.5B$14.5B

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