Crypto Market Close Oct. 2, 2026: BTC $84,505 (−0.3%)

Crypto market close, Oct. 2: Bitcoin holds near $84,505

Bitcoin ended the UTC day at $84,505 after a $83,929–$87,043 range; 17 of the 50 largest crypto assets rose and 27 fell. Movers, whale flows, stablecoins and sentiment inside.

Bitcoin closed the UTC day on October 2, 2026 at $84,505, little changed from its $84,749 open, after trading in a $83,929–$87,043 range. Ether ended at $2,668 (−1.3%). The total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.84T (−2.1% over 24 hours), with Bitcoin's share at 59.4%.

Breadth was negative: of the 50 largest assets we track (excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens), 17 rose and 27 fell, and the median move was −0.3%. The standout among the top 30 was TON Coin (TON), +4.9% to $1.64.

Majors at the close

Asset	Close	Day	7 days	Day range
Bitcoin (BTC)	$84,505	−0.3%	−0.1%	$83,929–$87,043
Ethereum (ETH)	$2,668	−1.3%	−1.8%	$2,653–$2,765
Binance Coin (BNB)	$767.84	−0.5%	−1.4%	$761.07–$782.73
XRP (XRP)	$1.48	−0.6%	−6.7%	$1.45–$1.55
Solana (SOL)	$118.60	+0.2%	−1.8%	$117.39–$123.46
TRON (TRX)	$0.3344	+0.0%	−0.8%	$0.3340–$0.3369
Hyperliquid (HYPE)	$89.24	+1.9%	−4.3%	$86.16–$91.40
Zcash (ZEC)	$1,302	−2.3%	−18.5%	$1,278–$1,402
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.0929	−1.3%	−5.0%	$0.0905–$0.0978
Monero (XMR)	$540.10	−0.8%	−5.2%	$531.99–$550.86

Biggest movers in the top 50

Up: Worldcoin +10.6% · Pepe +6.5% · Venice Token +6.1% · Aave +5.1% · TON Coin +4.9%

Down: Ethena −4.3% · Mantle −4.1% · ChainLink −3.5% · Bittensor −3.4% · Aster −2.6%

Beyond the top 50 (assets above $50 million in market value, rolling 24 hours): The Sandbox (SAND) led gains at +53.6%; DoubleZero (2Z) fell the most, −18.5%.

Sentiment

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 67 (Greed), down from 72 a day earlier. Basis Desk's own news-flow gauge counted 1 bullish, 3 bearish and 18 neutral items among 22 published during the day.

Stablecoins

Stablecoin supply totaled $312.5B, up $1.2B over 24 hours. Largest: USDT $183.8B, USDC $74.2B, USDS $6.8B.

Whale flows

Basis Desk's on-chain scanner logged 1,132 transfers of $5 million or more on Ethereum (ETH and major tokens) and 124 Bitcoin transfers of 100 BTC or more, excluding change outputs and wallet consolidations. Deposits to labeled exchange wallets totaled $2.6B, against $2.8B withdrawn.

$499.9M in USDT (500,000,000 USDT) from Binance to Tether Treasury
$250.0M in USDC (250,000,000 USDC) from an unlabeled wallet to Coinbase Prime 1
$200.0M in USDT (199,998,916 USDT) from Binance to an unlabeled wallet

Live feed: whale transfers.

Network fees

Ethereum gas was 0.11 gwei (standard); Bitcoin fees for next-half-hour confirmation were 3 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: Oct. 1. 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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