LIVE · MAY 2, 2026 · 09:47 UTC

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Block
892,341
Halving
248d 04h
Hashrate
682 EH/s
Fee
14 sat/vB
Bitcoin
BTC · USD
$78,300.00
+1.44% · 24H
+$1,127.43 since yesterday
24h high
$78,773
24h low
$77,135
Volume
$34.7B
Mkt cap
$1.57T

Markets, at a glance

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#AssetPrice24hMkt capVolume7d
1BitcoinBitcoin btc$78,299.00+1.44%$1.57T$34.6B
2EthereumEthereum eth$2,305.56+1.13%$278.3B$10.6B
3TetherTether usdt$0.9998+0.02%$189.5B$51.8B
4XRPXRP xrp$1.390+0.69%$85.5B$1.1B
5BNBBNB bnb$615.61-0.17%$83.0B$780.5M
6USDCUSDC usdc$0.9998+0.01%$77.2B$9.7B

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