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Crypto market update: Bitcoin fell 2.87% over 24 hours

CoinGecko shows losses across major tokens at Oct 30, 22:01 UTC, with Bitcoin posting the largest 24-hour decline.

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Where prices stand

CoinGecko shows Bitcoin fell 2.87% over 24 hours to $76,643.00, the largest decline among tracked crypto assets; Solana fell 2.03% to $95.33; Ether fell 1.26% to $2,237.19; and XRP fell 0.30% to $1.2500. All prices and change bases are reported as of Oct 30, 22:01 UTC.

Instrument Last 5-session change Latest change As of Source
Bitcoin $76,643.00 +0.21% -2.87% Oct 30, 22:01 UTC CoinGecko
Ether $2,237.19 -1.14% -1.26% Oct 30, 22:01 UTC CoinGecko
Solana $95.33 -0.41% -2.03% Oct 30, 22:01 UTC CoinGecko
XRP $1.2500 +2.38% -0.30% Oct 30, 22:01 UTC CoinGecko

Trend check

MarketAlleys trend signals mark all four instruments as neutral. RSI(14) values are Bitcoin 47.6, Ether 39.0, Solana 40.0 and XRP 45.0; moving-average references show Bitcoin close 81274.37, SMA50 81896.19 and longSma 73070.62; Ether close 2357.47, SMA50 2534.16 and longSma 2158.99; Solana close 102.32, SMA50 109.41 and longSma 88.62; XRP close 1.3246, SMA50 1.3994 and longSma 1.2784.

Instrument Close SMA50 Long SMA RSI(14) Trend status
Bitcoin 81,274.37 81,896.19 73,070.62 47.6 neutral
Ether 2,357.47 2,534.16 2,158.99 39.0 neutral
Solana 102.32 109.41 88.62 40.0 neutral
XRP 1.3246 1.3994 1.2784 45.0 neutral

Trend status is a rules-based classification of moving averages and MACD on daily closes (as of Oct 29, 22:40 UTC); it is not a recommendation.

In the news

CoinDesk reported experts are divided over Binance hack asset freezes. CNBC wrote about why bitcoin held up better after the record Binance hack. CoinDesk also reported Binance uncovered a wider breach in a $6.3 billion exploit and targeted a Sunday withdrawal restart; Cointelegraph reported Tether’s excess reserves nearly doubled to $8B as Q3 profit hit $1.5B.

Sources and data

  • CoinDesk (secondary source) — Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter
  • CNBC (secondary source) — Why bitcoin held up better after the record Binance hack
  • Cointelegraph (secondary source) — Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
  • Finnhub (market data) — market data
  • CoinGecko (market data) — market data

Market data as of Oct 30, 22:01 UTC; report generated Oct 30, 22:02 UTC. All times are UTC. Each table row shows its own timestamp and provider.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools from the sources listed above, and checked against our automated-content validation rules. It is for information only and is not investment advice.

Terms in this article

  • Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)

    Share price divided by earnings per share.

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  • Relative Strength Index (RSI)

    A momentum oscillator, developed by J.

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  • Moving average

    The average price over a rolling window, plotted to smooth out noise.

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  • MACD

    A trend and momentum indicator calculated as the 12-period exponential moving average minus the 26-period EMA, plotted with a 9-period EMA of that difference as the signal line.

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Sources & data

  1. CoinDesk (secondary, retrieved Oct 30, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC)
  2. CNBC (secondary, retrieved Oct 30, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC)
  3. Cointelegraph (secondary, retrieved Oct 30, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC)
  4. Finnhub (market-data, retrieved Oct 30, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC)
  5. CoinGecko (market-data, retrieved Oct 30, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC)

Market data as of Oct 30, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools, built only from the cited sources and validated by rules described in our methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction.

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Crypto market update

Bitcoin led declines, falling 2.52% over 24 hours as of Oct 30, 23:00 UTC; CoinDesk, CNBC and Cointelegraph published recent coverage of the Binance hack and stablecoin reserves.

MarketAlleys Research Desk · · 3 min read