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Ethereum (ETH) $ 2,084.23
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00
BNB (BNB) $ 655.02
XRP (XRP) $ 1.40
USDC (USDC) $ 0.999907
Solana (SOL) $ 87.31
TRON (TRX) $ 0.297672
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 2,265.05
Figure Heloc (FIGR_HELOC) $ 1.00
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.095154
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 55.18
USDS (USDS) $ 1.00
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.260460
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 465.55
Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 2,779.67
Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 38.06
LEO Token (LEO) $ 9.07
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 76,243.00
Monero (XMR) $ 358.11
Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 0.998762
Chainlink (LINK) $ 9.09
Wrapped Beacon ETH (WBETH) $ 2,466.93
Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 0.999932
Canton (CC) $ 0.150834
Stellar (XLM) $ 0.164969
Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 2,465.31
USD1 (USD1) $ 0.999352
Rain (RAIN) $ 0.009018
sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.08
Dai (DAI) $ 0.999844
Litecoin (LTC) $ 54.66
Avalanche (AVAX) $ 9.63
Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 76,366.00
PayPal USD (PYUSD) $ 1.00
Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.093154
Sui (SUI) $ 0.993089
WETH (WETH) $ 2,268.37
Zcash (ZEC) $ 212.52
Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000006
Toncoin (TON) $ 1.30
USDT0 (USDT0) $ 0.998824
Cronos (CRO) $ 0.077529
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) $ 0.103542
Tether Gold (XAUT) $ 4,990.41
MemeCore (M) $ 1.52
Mantle (MNT) $ 0.783705
PAX Gold (PAXG) $ 5,020.84
Uniswap (UNI) $ 3.92
Ethena Staked USDe (SUSDE) $ 1.22
Polkadot (DOT) $ 1.41
Bittensor (TAO) $ 243.28
Circle USYC (USYC) $ 1.12
OKB (OKB) $ 97.06
BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00
Pi Network (PI) $ 0.201920
Global Dollar (USDG) $ 1.00
Falcon USD (USDF) $ 0.997768
Aster (ASTER) $ 0.708848
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 1.31
Aave (AAVE) $ 110.67
Sky (SKY) $ 0.072308
syrupUSDC (SYRUPUSDC) $ 1.15
Ripple USD (RLUSD) $ 1.00
Bitget Token (BGB) $ 2.17
HTX DAO (HTX) $ 0.000002
Internet Computer (ICP) $ 2.68
Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000003
BFUSD (BFUSD) $ 0.999301
Ondo US Dollar Yield (USDY) $ 1.12
Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 8.23
Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.259660
Pump.fun (PUMP) $ 0.001971
Gate (GT) $ 7.12
Superstate Short Duration U.S. Government Securities Fund (USTB) (USTB) $ 11.02
KuCoin (KCS) $ 8.14
Morpho (MORPHO) $ 1.88
Jupiter Perpetuals Liquidity Provider Token (JLP) $ 4.00
Worldcoin (WLD) $ 0.353986
POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.096188
Spiko EU T-Bills Money Market Fund (EUTBL) $ 1.20
Render (RENDER) $ 1.82
Jito Staked SOL (JITOSOL) $ 124.46
Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 4.04
Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 1.87
Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 2,404.69
Ethena (ENA) $ 0.107187
NEXO (NEXO) $ 0.901839
Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 2,262.26
USDtb (USDTB) $ 1.00
Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 2,631.35
Midnight (NIGHT) $ 0.049683
Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.030624
Binance Bridged USDC (BNB Smart Chain) (USDC) $ 0.999945
Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.090660
Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund (JTRSY) $ 1.10
Wrapped BNB (WBNB) $ 759.61
USDD (USDD) $ 1.00
Function FBTC (FBTC) $ 76,389.00
Flare (FLR) $ 0.008675
Aptos (APT) $ 0.914696
OUSG (OUSG) $ 114.58
Provenance Blockchain (HASH) $ 0.012487
Filecoin (FIL) $ 0.881926
syrupUSDT (SYRUPUSDT) $ 1.11
XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.031385
Beldex (BDX) $ 0.081486
VeChain (VET) $ 0.007093
Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 108.24
Stable (STABLE) $ 0.028851
Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.100322
YLDS (YLDS) $ 1.00
GHO (GHO) $ 0.999709
Usual USD (USD0) $ 0.997047
Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.159635
Polygon Bridged USDC (Polygon PoS) (USDC.E) $ 0.999720
Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000006
Solv Protocol BTC (SOLVBTC) $ 76,461.00
TrueUSD (TUSD) $ 0.999442
Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 76,491.00
A7A5 (A7A5) $ 0.012398
JUST (JST) $ 0.053566
Fasttoken (FTN) $ 1.09
clBTC (CLBTC) $ 76,920.00
Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) $ 0.708295
PancakeSwap (CAKE) $ 1.40
Decred (DCR) $ 26.30
Stacks (STX) $ 0.247126
Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) $ 0.007221
EURC (EURC) $ 1.14
StakeWise Staked ETH (OSETH) $ 2,419.84
Sei (SEI) $ 0.066095
River (RIVER) $ 21.83
Kinetiq Staked HYPE (KHYPE) $ 33.97
tBTC (TBTC) $ 70,942.00
Siren (SIREN) $ 0.583629
Janus Henderson Anemoy AAA CLO Fund (JAAA) $ 1.03
WrappedM by M0 (WM) $ 1.00
Kinesis Gold (KAU) $ 172.71
Dash (DASH) $ 32.49
Tezos (XTZ) $ 0.376030
Kite (KITE) $ 0.224229
Ether.fi (ETHFI) $ 0.541579
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.176413
c8ntinuum (CTM) $ 0.087592
LayerZero (ZRO) $ 1.97
Mantle Staked Ether (METH) $ 2,455.82
Chiliz (CHZ) $ 0.038273
First Digital USD (FDUSD) $ 0.999902
Polygon PoS Bridged DAI (Polygon POS) (DAI) $ 0.999983
USX (USX) $ 0.999594
Resolv wstUSR (WSTUSR) $ 1.13
ADI (ADI) $ 3.82
COCA (COCA) $ 1.30
pippin (PIPPIN) $ 0.369439
Gnosis (GNO) $ 129.50
Curve DAO (CRV) $ 0.229930
Liquid Staked ETH (LSETH) $ 2,406.26
AINFT (NFT) $ 0.00000033
Arbitrum Bridged WBTC (Arbitrum One) (WBTC) $ 76,200.00
USDai (USDAI) $ 0.999945
BitTorrent (BTT) $ 0.00000033
PRIME (PRIME) $ 1.03
Kaia (KAIA) $ 0.054362
Wrapped Flare (WFLR) $ 0.009961
Sun Token (SUN) $ 0.016307
Bitcoin SV (BSV) $ 15.51
L2 Standard Bridged WETH (Base) (WETH) $ 2,266.86
Celestia (TIA) $ 0.345216
Steakhouse USDC Morpho Vault (STEAKUSDC) $ 1.12
Maple Finance (SYRUP) $ 0.264304
Injective (INJ) $ 3.02
Aerodrome Finance (AERO) $ 0.324236
Venice Token (VVV) $ 6.64
Conflux (CFX) $ 0.055414
Binance-Peg XRP (XRP) $ 1.59
DoubleZero (2Z) $ 0.082432
Ether.Fi Liquid ETH (LIQUIDETH) $ 2,443.47
FLOKI (FLOKI) $ 0.000029
Renzo Restaked ETH (EZETH) $ 2,421.84
SPX6900 (SPX) $ 0.302211
JasmyCoin (JASMY) $ 0.005677
sBTC (SBTC) $ 77,039.00
Pyth Network (PYTH) $ 0.048217
Story (IP) $ 0.780760
Lighter (LIT) $ 1.10
Jupiter Staked SOL (JUPSOL) $ 115.56
Legacy Frax Dollar (FRAX) $ 0.993116
Savings USDD (SUSDD) $ 1.03
IOTA (IOTA) $ 0.063353
Olympus (OHM) $ 17.27
Official FO (FO) $ 0.266565
Marinade Staked SOL (MSOL) $ 133.18
crvUSD (CRVUSD) $ 1.00
Arbitrum Bridged WETH (Arbitrum One) (WETH) $ 2,265.06
Optimism (OP) $ 0.123045
The Graph (GRT) $ 0.025990
Lido DAO (LDO) $ 0.297287
TheTrumpToken (GREAT) $ 12.01
Staked Aave (STKAAVE) $ 126.65