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

Bitcoin was little changed over the past 24 hours: BTC traded at $77,895 (-0.1%) as of 14:07 UTC on Monday, November 2, 2026. Ether was +0.9% at $2,287 and the total crypto market -2.6%, so BTC did better than the market. 12 of the 41 largest coins were higher.

Why is Bitcoin flat today? What the numbers show

• Versus the market. BTC outperformed the market by 2.5 percentage points (-0.1% versus -2.6% for all of crypto), so part of the move is market-wide and part is specific to Bitcoin.
• Versus Ether. BTC trailed Ether by 1.0 percentage points over 24 hours, and ranked 14th of 41 large coins by 24-hour change. Bitcoin dominance is 59.3%.
• Trading activity. 24-hour trading volume was $18.5 billion, equal to 1.2% of BTC's $1.57 trillion market value, down 64.0% on the previous day. Volume did not change sharply, so the move was not driven by a surge of trading.
• 24-hour range. BTC traded between $77,545 (13:20 UTC) and $78,650 (03:40 UTC), a 1.4% swing. The low came after the high. The current price sits in the middle of that range.
• The bigger picture. Over 7 days BTC is -2.9% and over 30 days -7.9%. The 30-day range is $77,052 to $86,600, and today's price is at the bottom of it. BTC is 38.2% below its all-time high of $126,080.
• Sentiment. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index reads 37 (Fear), up from 34 a day earlier.
• Network. The Bitcoin blockchain is at block 974,262. The next halving, at block 1,050,000, is 75,738 blocks away — around April 2028 at the current average of 610 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:

• Bitcoin Slips to $78,299 as Midterms and Jobs Data Loom — Global markets face US midterms, October jobs data and Big Tech earnings as Bitcoin slips to $78,299 from $85,000 in early October.
• Saylor hints at Strategy Bitcoin buy as BTC sits near $78K — Michael Saylor teased another Strategy Bitcoin purchase with his Sunday orange-chart post as BTC trades near $78,000 after the Binance hack and ETF outflows.
• Tyler Evans: Bitcoin ETF Flows Flip to Strong Accumulation — Tyler Evans says Bitcoin ETF flows flipped from highly negative to strong accumulation, as Fed policy, bond yields and midterms shape the path into 2027.

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How this report is made

CryptoNewsInsights calculates every figure in this report from CoinGecko market data recorded at 14:07 UTC on Monday, November 2, 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.