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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$79,066.00
-2.53% · 24H
−$1,999.93 since yesterday
24h high
$81,595
24h low
$78,743
Volume
$38.7B
Mkt cap
$1.58T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$79,061.00-2.54%$1.58T$38.4B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,223.21-2.71%$268.4B$16.8B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9994-0.03%$189.8B$65.2B
4BNBBNB bnb$671.93-1.01%$90.6B$1.1B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.430-3.65%$88.6B$2.5B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998+0.01%$77.0B$14.6B

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