LIVE · MAY 19, 2026 · 02:58 UTC

The crypto reference, kept honest by the clock.

Real-time prices, plain-English explainers, and a small set of tools that actually do their job. No pop-ups, no paid signals.

Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$76,594.00
-0.23% · 24H
−$172.49 since yesterday
24h high
$77,667
24h low
$76,055
Volume
$42.1B
Mkt cap
$1.53T

Markets, at a glance

See all 412 →
#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$76,593.00-0.23%$1.53T$42.1B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,121.80+0.35%$256.1B$17.9B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9992-0.02%$189.7B$67.6B
4BNBBNB bnb$641.49-0.40%$86.5B$793.4M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.380-0.96%$85.2B$2.0B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9997-0.01%$76.9B$15.6B

What just happened

News feed →
OnchainBTCFi protocol Echo exploited, targeting eBTC market on Monad: onchain analysts8m · The BlockPolicySEC’s innovation exemption for tokenized stocks to come as early as this week: Bloomberg1h · The BlockBitcoinRetail Bitcoin investor demand falls by 73% as futures selling tops $2B: Are the bears back?3h · CointelegraphMacroOdds against rate cuts high as new US Fed chair set for swearing in4h · CointelegraphCryptoGalaxy secures New York BitLicense to expand institutional crypto services4h · Cointelegraph

Start here

Learn library →
1016 min
What is Bitcoin, really?
Fundamentals
1019 min
Custody: hot, cold, and in-between
Security
20112 min
Reading the orderbook
Markets
2018 min
UTXOs vs. account models
Protocol