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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$64,091.00
-0.24% · 24H
−$153.90 since yesterday
24h high
$64,413
24h low
$63,200
Volume
$21.5B
Mkt cap
$1.29T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$64,091.00-0.10%$1.29T$21.5B
2EthereumEthereum eth$1,908.85+1.40%$230.4B$7.0B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9991+0.00%$183.0B$34.8B
4BNBBNB bnb$613.08+1.30%$81.7B$836.3M
5USDCUSDC usdc$0.9996+0.00%$72.1B$8.5B
6XRPXRP xrp$1.023+1.80%$64.1B$1.3B

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