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Ethereum
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Quant
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Arbitrum
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NEAR Protocol
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Elrond
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Optimism
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Fantom
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Audius
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IoTeX
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Helium
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Ankr
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EthereumPoW
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Band Protocol
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0x
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Harmony
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Waves
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Joe
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Aragon
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UMA Protocol
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Stargate Finance
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Cartesi
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Synapse
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DigiByte
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Polymath Network
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Lisk
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Nervos Network
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Dogelon Mars
$0.00000021+2.23%
Ribbon Finance
$0.16031611-1.27%
Kyber Network
$0.62031680-0.35%
iExec RLC
$1.52-1.08%
OMG Network
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$0.07993741+0.00%
Nano
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NKN
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Ren
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Augur
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Verge
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Enzyme
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Tokemak
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