LIVE · OCTOBER 21, 2026 · 20:41 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
₿
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$84,610.00
▲ +2.35% · 24H
+$1,988.11 since yesterday
24h high
$84,726
24h low
$82,579
Volume
$32.0B
Mkt cap
$1.70T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$84,610.00+2.35%$1.70T$32.0B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,493.68+2.14%$304.6B$14.3B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9994+0.03%$182.8B$55.5B
4BNBBNB bnb$749.10+1.41%$98.5B$756.9M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.390+4.39%$87.7B$1.9B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9997+0.00%$72.4B$14.5B

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