LIVE · MAY 17, 2026 · 02:43 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$77,877.00
-1.52% · 24H
−$1,185.12 since yesterday
24h high
$79,140
24h low
$77,698
Volume
$26.4B
Mkt cap
$1.56T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$77,867.00-1.53%$1.56T$26.4B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,173.81-2.41%$262.4B$10.9B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9995+0.01%$189.8B$43.4B
4BNBBNB bnb$651.31-2.62%$87.8B$875.9M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.410-1.99%$87.0B$1.6B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998-0.00%$77.0B$6.6B

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