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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
₿
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$81,567.00
▼ -0.11% · 24H
−$89.92 since yesterday
24h high
$81,726
24h low
$81,112
Volume
$13.6B
Mkt cap
$1.64T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$81,565.00-0.09%$1.64T$13.7B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,418.88+0.24%$295.4B$5.5B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9990-0.00%$183.5B$28.6B
4BNBBNB bnb$719.12-0.21%$95.8B$505.9M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.300-0.16%$82.2B$713.7M
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998-0.00%$72.5B$8.6B

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