Crypto Market Close Nov. 5, 2026: BTC $75,970 (−5.7%)

Crypto market close, Nov. 5: Bitcoin drops 5.7% to $75,970 as UNI tumbles 10.9%

Bitcoin ended the UTC day at $75,970 after a $75,202–$80,773 range; 5 of the 50 largest crypto assets rose and 39 fell. Movers, whale flows, stablecoins and sentiment inside.

Bitcoin closed the UTC day on November 5, 2026 at $75,970, down 5.7% from its $80,526 open, after trading in a $75,202–$80,773 range. Ether ended at $2,235 (−7.7%). The total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.55T (−5.6% over 24 hours), with Bitcoin's share at 59.6%.

Breadth was negative: of the 50 largest assets we track (excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens), 5 rose and 39 fell, and the median move was −6.3%. The standout among the top 30 was Uniswap (UNI), −10.9% to $6.81.

Majors at the close

Asset	Close	Day	7 days	Day range
Bitcoin (BTC)	$75,970	−5.7%	−5.3%	$75,202–$80,773
Ethereum (ETH)	$2,235	−7.7%	−3.9%	$2,209–$2,432
Binance Coin (BNB)	$688.68	−4.3%	−6.9%	$683.28–$721.06
XRP (XRP)	$1.21	−7.5%	−6.5%	$1.20–$1.32
Solana (SOL)	$89.19	−6.5%	−11.2%	$88.16–$96.91
TRON (TRX)	$0.3179	−0.4%	−4.1%	$0.3155–$0.3197
Hyperliquid (HYPE)	$76.66	−8.6%	−12.3%	$76.17–$84.71
Zcash (ZEC)	$1,275	−2.1%	+0.4%	$1,222–$1,333
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.0711	−7.6%	−9.7%	$0.0702–$0.0774
Monero (XMR)	$617.28	−3.9%	+3.2%	$605.87–$644.17

Biggest movers in the top 50

Up: Shiba Inu +6.2% · Injective Protocol +2.2% · Dohrnii +0.6% · JUST +0.3% · Maker +0.0%

Down: Ethena −11.6% · Uniswap −10.9% · Ondo −10.0% · Mantle −9.3% · Sui −9.2%

Beyond the top 50 (assets above $50 million in market value, rolling 24 hours): Tether Gold (XAUT) led gains at +0.6%; Grass (GRASS) fell the most, −15.4%.

Sentiment

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 28 (Fear), down from 50 a day earlier. Basis Desk's own news-flow gauge counted 20 bullish, 19 bearish and 35 neutral items among 74 published during the day.

Stablecoins

Stablecoin supply totaled $293.9B, down $1.3B over 24 hours. Largest: USDT $177.5B, USDC $70.7B, USDS $6.5B.

Whale flows

Basis Desk's on-chain scanner logged 1,240 transfers of $5 million or more on Ethereum (ETH and major tokens) and 192 Bitcoin transfers of 100 BTC or more, excluding change outputs and wallet consolidations. Deposits to labeled exchange wallets totaled $3.5B, against $2.9B withdrawn — net deposits, which can precede selling, though custody reshuffles look the same on-chain.

$299.7M in USDT (300,000,000 USDT) from Binance to an unlabeled wallet
$271.9M in USDC (271,930,802 USDC) from an unlabeled wallet to Coinbase
$199.8M in USDT (200,000,000 USDT) from Binance (cold) to an unlabeled wallet

Live feed: whale transfers.

Network fees

Ethereum gas was 0.10 gwei (standard); Bitcoin fees for next-half-hour confirmation were 1 sat/vB at the close.

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How this report is made

This report is generated automatically from Basis Desk's market snapshots, with no AI-written text. Closing prices and day ranges come from our own 5-minute price history between 00:00 and 24:00 UTC (prices via Coinbase, Kraken and DefiLlama); 7-day changes, market values and the wider market from Coinlore; Fear & Greed from alternative.me; stablecoin supply from DefiLlama; fees from Ethereum mainnet and Blockstream; whale transfers from Basis Desk's own on-chain scanner. Previous close: Nov. 4. Not financial advice.

Data sources

Automated data report generated from Basis Desk's own market snapshots and on-chain scanner — no AI-written text. Figures are as of the 00:00 UTC close; providers are listed above. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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