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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$72,719.00
+6.41% · 24H
+$4,658.91 since yesterday
24h high
$72,847
24h low
$68,359
Volume
$59.8B
Mkt cap
$1.46T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$72,719.00+6.20%$1.46T$59.8B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,330.45+10.90%$281.2B$33.4B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998+0.00%$183.1B$100.0B
4BNBBNB bnb$650.11+5.00%$86.6B$1.7B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.230+16.10%$77.4B$6.7B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9999+0.00%$72.9B$25.4B

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