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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
₿
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$81,638.00
▼ -0.70% · 24H
−$570.77 since yesterday
24h high
$82,240
24h low
$80,996
Volume
$28.6B
Mkt cap
$1.64T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$81,655.00-0.71%$1.64T$28.6B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,401.46-1.04%$293.3B$12.0B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9989-0.03%$182.5B$49.2B
4BNBBNB bnb$743.81+0.92%$97.8B$670.6M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.320-1.15%$83.6B$1.5B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9995-0.02%$72.1B$12.2B

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