LIVE · OCTOBER 16, 2026 · 20:27 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
₿
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$81,526.00
▼ -0.94% · 24H
−$768.02 since yesterday
24h high
$82,760
24h low
$80,818
Volume
$29.3B
Mkt cap
$1.64T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$81,527.00-0.95%$1.64T$29.3B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,409.76-2.05%$294.3B$12.7B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9991-0.01%$183.5B$53.7B
4BNBBNB bnb$720.69-1.54%$96.0B$742.2M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.300-3.02%$82.1B$1.4B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9997+0.01%$72.4B$16.9B

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