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BTC

$64,123.00

0.16%

ETH

$1,796.12

1.11%

BNB

$574.79

-0.32%

SOL

$77.77

-1.71%

TRX

$0.3297

-1.00%

RAIN

$0.01440868

0.20%

ZEC

$500.89

-0.05%

WBT

$56.10

-0.79%

XLM

$0.190556

0.44%

ADA

$0.166769

-0.10%

XMR

$323.10

2.27%

CC

$0.134525

1.63%

BCH

$244.74

0.66%

SUI

$0.746444

2.85%

SHIB

$0.00000438

0.71%

CRO

$0.055795

-2.18%

TAO

$212.97

0.25%

M

$1.33

8.12%

OKB

$80.40

-0.18%

HTX

$0.00000185

-0.45%

DOT

$0.876487

3.09%

MNT

$0.430018

-0.59%

SKY

$0.059997

3.72%

WLD

$0.391492

1.79%

PEPE

$0.00000276

3.46%

PI

$0.098902

-2.16%

U

$1.00

-0.03%

QNT

$67.58

-0.83%

JST

$0.102953

2.88%

POL

$0.079759

3.15%

KAS

$0.0297655

0.17%

ENA

$0.081273

2.78%

GT

$6.72

-0.63%

BDX

$0.087386

-10.05%

JUP

$0.205553

-3.04%

FIL

$0.786782

-0.40%

GHO

$0.998423

-0.01%

PUMP

$0.00143985

-5.36%

FLR

$0.0066245

-0.54%

ARB

$0.090144

-1.86%

XDC

$0.02725678

0.29%

APT

$0.62711

-1.07%

USX

$0.999908

0.03%

VVV

$10.90

-3.53%

A7A5

$0.01241504

-1.64%

HASH

$0.00819219

-11.91%

VET

$0.00482294

1.93%

PYTH

$0.04832457

8.12%

TIA

$0.404121

-2.93%

FET

$0.161776

-0.36%

BONK

$0.00000408

1.29%

SUN

$0.01847297

-0.76%

SPX

$0.369693

-4.75%

LUNC

$0.00006093

-1.20%

SEI

$0.04961272

-0.19%

ZRO

$0.915082

1.87%

STX

$0.173456

1.08%

KAU

$133.15

0.80%

CRV

$0.2063

0.28%

JTO

$0.626101

-3.87%

GNO

$108.53

0.72%

MON

$0.02318739

-1.54%

BSV

$13.51

-1.19%

BTT

$0.00000027

0.23%

NFT

$0.00000027

-0.71%

B

$0.255958

58.28%

XTZ

$0.234137

-2.31%

LDO

$0.303377

-2.56%

2Z

$0.070949

-1.90%

LAB

$0.750939

-28.25%

XPL

$0.091394

-2.76%

CFX

$0.04331979

0.86%

OP

$0.104319

-1.73%

KAG

$58.52

-1.38%

TEL

$0.00225437

-1.64%

ZBCN

$0.00217615

-1.55%

KAIA

$0.03469126

-0.91%

STRK

$0.03068143

-0.53%

GRT

$0.01766705

-0.06%

UB

$0.075624

3.95%

RAY

$0.695094

-0.89%

IOTA

$0.04077329

4.08%

CHZ

$0.01738179

3.31%

AKT

$0.603684

-0.23%

FF

$0.058674

0.62%

APE

$0.156362

-3.83%

WIF

$0.152645

-4.46%

MX

$1.65

-0.24%

XCN

$0.00384108

0.67%

TWT

$0.346664

-0.29%

BP

$0.577415

6.51%

BTW

$0.063845

-1.94%

H

$0.068227

-1.98%

RIF

$0.135278

1.38%

NEX

$0.00000224

-6.91%

SNX

$0.230323

4.45%

AR

$1.99

-0.12%

AWE

$0.067268

4.39%

EDGE

$0.372553

-19.90%

BC

$0.01300304

-0.99%

BAT

$0.086448

0.28%

A

$0.077235

-1.49%

VSN

$0.03378003

0.58%

OZO

$0.130113

-0.02%

DRV

$0.118014

2.56%

SFP

$0.229167

-0.22%

IMX

$0.134859

-3.71%

RLB

$0.06906

-0.17%
Price data by
Murtuza Merchant

Murtuza Merchant

Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He has contributed to Benzinga and Cointelegraph, among other publications, reporting on emerging trends, the regulatory landscape, and more. Find him at @murtuza_merc on Twitter and mmerchant001 on Telegram. Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.

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