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$88.81-2.34%
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Maker
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NEAR Protocol
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Arbitrum
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Optimism
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Kaspa
$0.04814235+4.76%
Aave
$62.22-1.32%
The Graph
$0.08747011-0.99%
Algorand
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USDD
$0.99652469-0.23%
Immutable X
$0.60951722+0.58%
XDC Network
$0.05038385-1.84%
Radix
$0.06446866-3.17%
Stacks
$0.46868645-0.65%
EOS
$0.57369106-1.03%
Synthetix
$1.98-1.24%
MultiverseX
$24.55-1.82%
Theta
$0.63457642+0.62%
Tezos
$0.65400000-1.55%
The Sandbox
$0.29840474-1.31%
Axie Infinity
$4.57+2.90%
Bitcoin SV
$30.84-2.38%
Injective Protocol
$6.99-0.11%
Render Token
$1.55-0.89%
Decentraland
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GateToken
$3.88-0.42%
Fantom
$0.18859175-0.21%
NEO
$7.37-1.22%
THORChain
$1.68+0.32%
Kava.io
$0.62096505-0.95%
Paxos Dollar
$1.00+0.12%
PAX Gold
$1,914.89-0.19%
eCash
$0.00002403-1.67%
Flow
$0.44591415-0.71%
Curve DAO Token
$0.51733946+8.08%
KuCoin Token
$4.50-0.90%
Rocket Pool
$21.42-0.57%
IOTA
$0.15054838-0.10%
Wemix
$1.31+13.41%
ApeCoin
$1.12-0.45%
Chiliz
$0.05783217-0.47%
Frax Share
$5.44+0.83%
Huobi Token
$2.49+0.66%
Mina
$0.38414298-0.03%
BitTorrent
$0.00000039+0.34%
Casper
$0.03230662-0.59%
Luna Classic
$0.00006209+3.44%
Klaytn
$0.11287446+1.04%
Gala
$0.01345675+0.46%
Sui
$0.44012681-1.16%
dYdX
$1.91+0.06%
Trust Wallet Token
$0.76694917-1.73%
Nexo
$0.55550641-1.45%
Gemini Dollar
$1.01+0.98%
Dash
$26.76-0.55%
GMX
$33.81-1.09%
Woo Network
$0.16713326-0.06%
Zilliqa
$0.01695028-2.95%
Compound
$40.94+1.73%
Flare
$0.01093460-1.26%
Arweave
$4.13-0.51%
1inch Network
$0.26067526-0.48%
Conflux
$0.12829932+1.66%
Astar
$0.05076337-0.36%
Basic Attention Token
$0.17310500-0.72%
Gnosis
$99.50+0.21%
PancakeSwap
$1.14-0.52%
tomiNet
$3.23-1.46%
Convex Finance
$2.93+2.50%
SafePal
$0.55819990-4.22%
Celo
$0.45675461-1.89%
NEM
$0.02594054-0.19%
Illuvium
$39.26-0.61%
Qtum
$2.19-1.00%
Enjin
$0.22758944-0.22%
Fetch.ai
$0.21797266-1.05%
SingularityNET
$0.17925231+0.12%
Bitcoin Gold
$12.50-5.96%
Mask Network
$2.64-0.79%
Worldcoin
$1.66+7.56%
Loopring
$0.17239779-0.87%
SEI
$0.11896623-2.35%
Decred
$13.61+3.87%
Helium
$1.46-1.77%
Oasis Network
$0.04181618-0.19%
Zcash
$26.08-2.54%
Bone ShibaSwap
$0.80547769-1.19%
Osmosis
$0.32210085-1.08%
Aragon
$4.97+2.64%
Ankr
$0.01951351-2.32%
Ethereum Name Service
$7.43+0.33%
Beldex
$0.033533250.00%
Akash Network
$0.84634906-4.98%
Holo
$0.00103205-1.25%
Stepn
$0.15156573-1.16%
JasmyCoin
$0.00371504+0.45%
Ravencoin
$0.01485088-1.85%
Golem
$0.17429921-3.40%
Yearn Finance
$5,145.61-0.65%
ICON
$0.17408774-2.08%
Kusama
$18.62-0.07%
Audius
$0.14770076-0.99%
Baby Doge Coin
$0.00000000-0.49%
BLUR
$0.17283874-2.64%
SXP
$0.28144972-9.67%
Livepeer
$5.52-1.22%
Terra 2.0/LUNA
$0.41304986+3.25%
FLOKI
$0.00001570-0.88%
Waves
$1.54-2.13%
Siacoin
$0.00291431-2.99%
Merit Circle
$0.32219710-5.86%
IoTeX
$0.01506401-0.03%
EthereumPoW
$1.32-0.33%
Band Protocol
$1.05-0.55%
Ocean Protocol
$0.32537135-1.25%
Wax
$0.04081116-2.49%
Axelar
$0.33278165-0.92%
Balancer
$3.13-1.16%
Biconomy
$0.20424607+0.43%
Ribbon Finance
$0.16173913-0.91%
Moonbeam
$0.16784962+0.62%
TerraUSD
$0.01268691-1.08%
Kyber Network
$0.68165770-5.79%
Harmony
$0.00949021-0.94%
Kadena
$0.47228095+0.23%
Sushiswap
$0.58720455-0.15%
Polymath Network
$0.12220000+0.16%
MAGIC
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API3
$1.11+0.68%
DigiByte
$0.00641908-0.16%
Lisk
$0.73107175-5.06%
Horizen
$7.41-0.51%
Skale
$0.02166626-0.52%
UMA Protocol
$1.37-0.11%
Gains Network
$3.13-0.98%
Stargate Finance
$0.45938111+0.93%
Amp
$0.00167065+0.32%
Cartesi
$0.12503308-0.86%
Nervos Network
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Status
$0.02227351-3.86%
OriginTrail
$0.22913701-1.15%
PlayDapp
$0.15145606-0.09%
Joe
$0.24570542+1.00%
Coin98
$0.14064488+0.28%
Nano
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Numeraire
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Liquity
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$0.01511504-1.79%
Bluzelle
$0.18045809-2.30%
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$3.08-1.60%
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$1.01-0.16%
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Core
$0.43759339+3.53%
Dogelon Mars
$0.00000013-2.08%
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$0.01215183+3.58%
Marlin
$0.00840150+0.71%
Radworks
$1.32-1.45%
Radiant Capital
$0.20764568-1.20%
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$0.14766186-4.94%
Stella
$0.07689890-0.85%
Spell Token
$0.00050822-1.73%
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$0.00795430+0.08%
OMG Network
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Galxe
$1.33+1.17%
Bitgert
$0.00000016-1.50%
Civic
$0.07640304+0.20%
Syscoin
$0.08348571-0.65%
Celsius
$0.14096532+1.82%
Synapse
$0.31357944+3.32%
My Neighbor Alice
$0.75754897-0.11%
WINkLink
$0.00006108-0.81%
MetisDAO
$13.39+0.98%
Dent
$0.00060670-1.33%
Smooth Love Potion
$0.00139419+1.05%
Artificial Liquid Intelligence
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Bancor
$0.39565720-1.90%
SPACE ID
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NKN
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Unifi Protocol DAO
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COTI
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Verge
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Covalent
$0.08845548+4.90%
Gitcoin
$0.87785912-0.72%
Hashflow
$0.30286063-0.60%
Secret
$0.24908894-0.10%
Bifrost
$0.03757814+0.91%
Sun Token
$0.00527608-0.20%
Request
$0.06380146-0.31%
MOBOX
$0.23047174-0.83%
Storj
$0.33041527-4.40%
Keep Network
$0.08616259-0.34%
Ren
$0.04598113+0.44%
Origin Protocol
$0.08944786-2.43%
Aergo
$0.09978731-4.04%
Perpetual Protocol
$0.60350179-0.41%
WazirX
$0.09306808-1.92%
ARPA
$0.04305912-0.87%
Gods Unchained
$0.16929331+0.44%
XYO Network
$0.00290616-0.90%
Aavegotchi
$0.77720124-0.45%
Raydium
$0.17165234+0.04%
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$1.98-1.19%
Verasity
$0.00374943-2.37%
Maple
$4.87+0.76%
Yield Guild Games
$0.20635182-3.69%
Orchid
$0.06414047+1.56%
Acala Token
$0.04733599-3.66%
SuperRare
$0.06050268-2.58%
Boba Network
$0.10847470+0.10%
Index Chain
$0.04859746-1.12%
Alien Worlds
$0.00997109-0.83%
Voyager Token
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TrueFi
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Zebec Protocol
$0.01000996+0.09%
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Moonriver
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$0.00067377+0.78%
Litentry
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$0.00131259+0.54%
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LooksRare
$0.05126650-2.33%
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DIA
$0.25046189+0.12%
Ampleforth Governance
$2.87-0.26%
Alchemix
$13.29+12.04%
Enzyme
$17.87+29.33%
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$0.26136872+2.28%
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$2.25+0.64%
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$0.01884086+0.85%
Alpaca Finance
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Velas
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$0.05190986+0.71%
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district0x
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Harvest Finance
$23.41+7.50%
Santos FC Fan Token
$2.80-1.33%
Serum
$0.03340895+1.93%
Decentral Games
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Rarible
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XEN Crypto
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Bonk
$0.00000020+1.67%
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$0.00969362-0.60%
Quantstamp
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Tokemak
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Augur
$0.63784290-9.30%
Mirror Protocol
$0.01289688+2.13%
SingularDTV
$0.000402100.00%
Quickswap
$0.04416647+4.53%
FTX Token
$1.27+12.71%
Braintrust
$0.31894511-0.47%
Pepe
$0.00000070+2.95%
BitDAO
$0.39105939-6.20%
Threshold
$0.01803851-1.25%
Mines of Dalarnia
$0.08449921-1.65%
Human
$0.04797942+3.34%
Pitbull
$0.00000000+0.01%
Fenerbahce Token
$1.02+0.23%
Hamster
$0.00000000-2.69%
PayPal USD
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