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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$79,058.00
-2.41% · 24H
−$1,909.15 since yesterday
24h high
$81,304
24h low
$78,743
Volume
$36.6B
Mkt cap
$1.58T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$79,067.00-2.40%$1.58T$36.6B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,227.50-1.86%$268.7B$15.4B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9994-0.02%$189.8B$61.5B
4BNBBNB bnb$668.80-1.48%$90.2B$1.0B
5XRPXRP xrp$1.440-2.95%$88.8B$2.3B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998+0.01%$77.0B$13.8B

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