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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$79,601.00
-1.53% · 24H
−$1,217.88 since yesterday
24h high
$81,334
24h low
$78,706
Volume
$33.3B
Mkt cap
$1.60T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$79,592.00-1.55%$1.60T$33.4B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,453.61-2.16%$299.4B$15.2B
3TetherTether usdt$1.000+0.02%$183.4B$63.8B
4BNBBNB bnb$723.22-0.14%$96.3B$981.6M
5XRPXRP xrp$1.400-3.28%$87.8B$2.8B
6USDCUSDC usdc$1.0000+0.01%$74.6B$17.2B

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