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Bitcoin £47,426 ▼0.8%
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Bitcoin
£47,426
▼ 0.8% · 24h
£1 buys…
AUD
1.9314
– 0%
CAD
1.8997
– 0%
CHF
1.0831
– 0%
EUR
1.1743
– 0%
HKD
10.5233
– 0%
INR
127.97
– 0%
JPY
217.27
– 0%
NOK
13.092
– 0%
NZD
2.3261
– 0%
SEK
12.9346
– 0%
SGD
1.733
– 0%
USD
1.3423
– 0%
ECB reference rates via Frankfurter. Banks and cards add their own margin. Arrows compare against our previous daily snapshot.
Crypto
| Coin | GBP | USD | 24h |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC Bitcoin | £47,426.00 | $63,452.00 | ▼ 0.8% |
| ADA Cardano | £0.1199 | $0.1604 | ▼ 2.52% |
| LINK Chainlink | £5.98 | $8.00 | ▲ 0.78% |
| DOGE Dogecoin | £0.0544 | $0.0728 | ▼ 0.44% |
| ETH Ethereum | £1,351.09 | $1,807.65 | ▲ 0.29% |
| LTC Litecoin | £32.84 | $43.94 | ▼ 1.46% |
| DOT Polkadot | £0.6236 | $0.8343 | ▼ 2.29% |
| XRP XRP | £0.8080 | $1.08 | ▼ 1.18% |
| SOL Solana | £57.16 | $76.47 | ▼ 0.23% |
| UNI Uniswap | £2.68 | $3.59 | ▼ 1.94% |
Via CoinGecko. Crypto is high-risk and unregulated in the UK — you may lose everything you put in.
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