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LIVE RATES STALE
| # | Asset | Price | 24h | 7d | Mkt Cap | Volume | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  btc Bitcoin | $76,654.04 | +1.13% | +4.82% | $1.51T | $26.4B | |
| 02 |  eth Ethereum | $2,268.35 | +0.59% | -0.42% | $272B | $5.08B | |
| 03 |  usdt Tether | $1.00 | +0.00% | +0.01% | $110B | $206B | |
| 04 |  bnb Binance Coin | $620.70 | -0.24% | -1.05% | $93.2B | $17.0M | |
| 05 |  sol Solana | $184.70 | +0.30% | +3.21% | $87.8B | $3.21B | |
| 06 |  usdc USD Coin | — | — | — | — | — |
ECONOMIC CALENDAR STALE
TUE · JUN 30- 08:30 US Non-Farm Payrolls F: 185K · P: 170K
- 10:00 US ISM Services PMI F: 51.5 · P: 52.3
- 12:00 EU ECB Lagarde Speech F: — · P: —
- 14:30 US Crude Oil Inventories F: -1.2M · P: +0.6M
- 20:00 US FOMC Meeting Minutes F: — · P: —
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