LIVE · SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 · 07:54 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$77,722.00
+1.72% · 24H
+$1,339.59 since yesterday
24h high
$77,746
24h low
$75,972
Volume
$27.6B
Mkt cap
$1.56T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$77,722.00+1.72%$1.56T$27.6B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,489.92+1.97%$303.9B$13.7B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9991-0.00%$183.3B$57.4B
4BNBBNB bnb$753.13+3.97%$100.3B$1.2B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.330+2.03%$83.4B$2.7B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9995-0.01%$73.8B$16.3B

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