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Symbol	Last Price	Change	% Change
BTC-USD Bitcoin USD	56,350.96	-	0%
ETH-USD Ethereum USD	2,372.48	-	0%
BNB-USD BNB USD	509.78	-	0%
ADA-USD Cardano USD	0.31	-	0%
XRP-USD XRP USD	0.55	-	0%

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