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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$77,187.00
-1.11% · 24H
−$859.19 since yesterday
24h high
$78,506
24h low
$76,997
Volume
$24.4B
Mkt cap
$1.54T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$77,149.00-1.09%$1.54T$24.4B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,115.59-2.92%$255.1B$10.7B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9994-0.01%$189.7B$40.0B
4BNBBNB bnb$645.28-1.10%$86.9B$675.1M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.390-1.35%$86.2B$1.5B
6USDCUSDC usdc$1.000+0.03%$76.9B$7.3B

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