Bitcoin Today: Price, Why It’s Moving and the Latest News

Bitcoin is down today. BTC fell 4.2% in 24 hours to $76,718 as of 14:07 UTC on Friday, October 30, 2026. Ether was -4.4% at $2,222 and the total crypto market -6.2%, so BTC did better than the market. 6 of the 41 largest coins were higher.

Why is Bitcoin down today? What the numbers show

• Versus the market. BTC outperformed the market by 1.9 percentage points (-4.2% versus -6.2% for all of crypto), so part of the move is market-wide and part is specific to Bitcoin.
• Versus Ether. BTC matched Ether by 0.2 percentage points over 24 hours, and ranked 21st of 41 large coins by 24-hour change. Bitcoin dominance is 59.2%.
• Trading activity. 24-hour trading volume was $151.1 billion, equal to 9.8% of BTC's $1.54 trillion market value, up 454.5% on the previous day. A price move on sharply higher volume carries more weight than one on thin trading.
• 24-hour range. BTC traded between $76,666 (02:00 UTC) and $81,702 (16:05 UTC, Oct 29), a 6.6% swing. The low came after the high. The current price sits near the bottom of that range.
• The bigger picture. Over 7 days BTC is -6.1% and over 30 days -9.3%. The 30-day range is $76,804 to $86,418, and today's price is at the bottom of it. BTC is 39.2% below its all-time high of $126,080.
• Sentiment. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index reads 30 (Fear), down from 51 a day earlier.
• Network. The Bitcoin blockchain is at block 973,830. The next halving, at block 1,050,000, is 76,170 blocks away — around May 2028 at the current average of 625 seconds per block — when the block reward falls from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.

Bitcoin, Ether and the market at a glance

The Bitcoin stories behind today's move

What CryptoNewsInsights reported in the past 48 hours:

• Datavault AI Stock Sinks After Bitcoin Withdrawal Fails — Datavault AI shares fell about 50% after it said it could not withdraw Bitcoin from Biconomy and will restate four reports, cutting assets by up to $92.2M.
• Strategy Holders Back Daily Dividends on Four Preferred Stocks — Strategy shareholders approved daily dividend accrual on STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD with 99.3% of votes, per Decrypt. STRC starts Nov 1.
• Polymarket US Adds 5-Minute Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP Markets — Polymarket US launched 5-minute up-or-down Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP markets settled by Chainlink's 60-second TWAP, expanding its CFTC-regulated app.

The live BTC price, chart and converter are on our Bitcoin price page. For the rest of the market, see our Markets page and the Bitcoin news desk.

How this report is made

CryptoNewsInsights calculates every figure in this report from CoinGecko market data recorded at 14:07 UTC on Friday, October 30, 2026, with block height and halving estimate from mempool.space. Stablecoins and wrapped or staked versions of other coins are left out of the rankings. Changes are over the previous 24 hours unless stated. The report describes what the price did and which measurable factors moved with it; it does not claim a single cause and does not predict prices. It is not financial advice.