Rank #1 · BTC

Bitcoin

$73,930

+0.3% 24h

Last 24 hours · 5-minute points 2026-11-12 00:01 UTC · via coinbase

Market cap: $1.48T
Volume 24h: $108.0B
Change 1h: +0.1%
Change 7d: −5.9%

This week for $BTC · 2026-11-01 02:00 UTC

Bitcoin ($BTC) trades at $77,562, up 0.4% over 24 hours and down 3.9% over seven days, with a market capitalization of $1.55 trillion as the leading cryptocurrency [1].

Institutional and market developments center on security and fresh product listings. On Oct. 31, Binance transferred 7,499 $BTC to replenish its SAFU emergency fund following a major security breach, covering 90% of lost assets while targeting a return to $1 billion in reserves [4][5]. Regulatory pressure escalated the same day, with CFTC Chairman Michael Selig citing the $6.3 billion Binance exploit to advocate for formal market rules [11].

Concurrently, Franklin Templeton listed dividend-to-Bitcoin ETFs on Nasdaq, establishing funds that route dividend distributions into crypto exposure [12]. In decentralized finance, Aave froze its tBTC reserve after Threshold suspended minting and redemption operations [9], while Bitcoin staking protocol b14g paused its smart contracts following a token exploit, clarifying that staked BTC was unaffected [3].

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