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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$79,113.00
-2.57% · 24H
−$2,036.22 since yesterday
24h high
$81,203
24h low
$78,743
Volume
$36.2B
Mkt cap
$1.58T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$79,113.00-2.57%$1.58T$36.2B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,228.57-1.99%$269.0B$15.1B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9994-0.02%$189.7B$60.7B
4BNBBNB bnb$668.22-1.77%$90.1B$1.0B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.440-3.48%$88.9B$2.2B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9999+0.01%$77.0B$13.6B

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