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Ethereum 24h

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Stellar 24h
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Stellar 24h

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XRP 24h
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XRP 24h

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Chainlink 24h
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Chainlink 24h

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Cardano 24h
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Cardano 24h

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Litecoin 24h
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EOS 24h
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Tezos 24h
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Cosmos 24h
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Cosmos 24h

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NEO 24h
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NEO 24h

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Tron 24h
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Tron 24h

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Algorand 24h
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Algorand 24h

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NEM 24h
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NEM 24h

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Maker 24h
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Maker 24h

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Dash 24h
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Dash 24h

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Band Protocol 24h
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Ethereum Classic 24h
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Ethereum Classic 24h

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Decred 24h
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Decred 24h

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Waves 24h
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Waves 24h

$6.83
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ICON 24h
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ICON 24h

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0x 24h
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0x 24h

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Loopring 24h
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Loopring 24h

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OMG Network 24h
$3.79
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OMG Network 24h

$3.79
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Nano 24h
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Nano 24h

$3.60
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Paxos standard 24h
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Paxos standard 24h

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Basic Attention Token 24h
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Basic Attention Token 24h

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BitTorrent 24h
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BitTorrent 24h

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Qtum 24h
$3.19
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Qtum 24h

$3.19
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Numeraire 24h
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Numeraire 24h

$28.09
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Orchid 24h
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Orchid 24h

$0.286864
+0.025463
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Kava.io 24h
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Kava.io 24h

$2.25
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Kyber Network 24h
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Kyber Network 24h

$1.20
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Decentraland 24h
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Decentraland 24h

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Bitcoin Gold 24h
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Bitcoin Gold 24h

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Augur 24h
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Augur 24h

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Siacoin 24h
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Lisk 24h
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Lisk 24h

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Storj 24h
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Storj 24h

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Aragon 24h
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Aragon 24h

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PAX GOLD 24h

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Fetch.ai 24h
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Fetch.ai 24h

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Melon 24h
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Melon 24h

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SingularDTV 24h
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SingularDTV 24h

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Tether 24h
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Tether 24h

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USD Coin 24h
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Dai 24h
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