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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$77,455.00
+6.70% · 24H
+$5,186.35 since yesterday
24h high
$79,218
24h low
$72,500
Volume
$68.3B
Mkt cap
$1.55T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$77,459.00+6.60%$1.55T$68.3B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,439.99+5.00%$294.5B$26.6B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998+0.00%$183.1B$107.8B
4BNBBNB bnb$675.96+3.90%$90.0B$1.8B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.370+11.40%$86.2B$7.5B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9999+0.00%$73.3B$28.0B

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