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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$81,931.00
+1.69% · 24H
+$1,380.80 since yesterday
24h high
$81,947
24h low
$80,539
Volume
$41.6B
Mkt cap
$1.64T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$81,957.00+1.72%$1.64T$41.7B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,407.07+1.63%$289.6B$16.8B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998-0.00%$189.5B$72.6B
4XRPXRP xrp$1.440+2.94%$89.2B$2.3B
5BNBBNB bnb$646.22+3.18%$87.0B$1.4B
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998-0.01%$78.1B$16.3B

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