LIVE · OCTOBER 22, 2026 · 06:18 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
₿
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$82,724.00
▲ +0.13% · 24H
+$104.11 since yesterday
24h high
$84,778
24h low
$82,597
Volume
$36.7B
Mkt cap
$1.66T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$82,724.00+0.17%$1.66T$36.6B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,437.43+0.07%$297.8B$14.2B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9993+0.02%$182.7B$59.7B
4BNBBNB bnb$739.31-0.37%$97.2B$815.3M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.340+0.78%$84.8B$2.0B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9997+0.02%$72.5B$14.6B

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