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BTC Bitcoin

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ETH Ethereum

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SOL Solana

$105.84 +2.02%

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XRP XRP Ledger

$1.32 +1.21%

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ADA Cardano

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$9.78 -0.03%

DOT Polkadot

$1.12 +1.49%

LINK Chainlink

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halving Bitcoin Halving

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upgrade Ethereum Pectra Upgrade

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unlock Arbitrum Token Unlock

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upgrade Celestia Mainnet Upgrade

Improves data availability sampling efficiency

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unlock Sui Token Unlock

Team and early investor shares released

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unlock Optimism Unlock

Circulating supply increases by about 2%

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upgrade Solana Firedancer

Independent validator client goes live on mainnet

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halving BCH Halving

Block reward halving event

28

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92 million ARB released

22

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08

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upgrade Solana Firedancer

Independent validator client goes live on mainnet

30

04

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#	Coin	Price
1	Bitcoin BTC	$82,857.3
1	Ethereum ETH	$2,433.37
1	Solana SOL	$105.84
1	BNB Chain BNB	$727.7
1	XRP Ledger XRP	$1.32
1	Dogecoin DOGE	$0.0798
1	Cardano ADA	$0.2210
1	Avalanche AVAX	$9.78
1	Polkadot DOT	$1.12
1	Chainlink LINK	$12.2

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