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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$71,848.00
+11.68% · 24H
+$8,393.99 since yesterday
24h high
$71,945
24h low
$64,314
Volume
$61.1B
Mkt cap
$1.44T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$71,850.00+11.40%$1.44T$61.0B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,285.79+19.10%$275.9B$35.3B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9992+0.00%$183.0B$98.7B
4BNBBNB bnb$642.59+6.50%$85.6B$1.7B
5USDCUSDC usdc$0.9995+0.00%$72.4B$25.5B
6XRPXRP xrp$1.150+15.00%$72.1B$3.9B

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