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title: "Crypto market close, Oct. 2: Bitcoin holds near $84,505"
description: "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."
url: https://basisdesk.news/news/crypto-market-close-october-2-2026
published: 2026-10-03T00:05:58.518Z
modified: 2026-10-03T00:05:58.518Z
section: Macro & Markets
author: Basis Desk Newsroom (AI-generated, source-verified)
sentiment: neutral
tickers: [BTC, ETH, TON]
tags: [market close, crypto market, bitcoin price, daily report]
license: Quote with attribution to Basis Desk (basisdesk.news). Not financial advice.
---

# 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.

## Key points

- Bitcoin closed at $84,505 (−0.3%) after a $83,929–$87,043 range.
- TON was the top-30 standout at +4.9%; 17 of the top 50 rose, 27 fell.
- Whale tracker: 1,256 large transfers; exchange deposits $2.6B vs withdrawals $2.8B.

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](/coins/the-open-network) (TON), +4.9% to $1.64.

## Majors at the close

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

## Biggest movers in the top 50

**Up:** [Worldcoin](/coins/worldcoin-wld) +10.6% · [Pepe](/coins/pepe) +6.5% · Venice Token +6.1% · [Aave](/coins/aave) +5.1% · [TON Coin](/coins/the-open-network) +4.9%

**Down:** [Ethena](/coins/ethena) −4.3% · [Mantle](/coins/mantle) −4.1% · [ChainLink](/coins/chainlink) −3.5% · [Bittensor](/coins/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](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xdcbeb0d40f4ba0bac22b34a124e489dea0222e6df2b49e07fe8fa76ad8c62e3e) (500,000,000 USDT) from Binance to Tether Treasury
- [$250.0M in USDC](https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9ae87756d807af2799807bb6bbfd11af009214046fc4172e985dafd16acf6442) (250,000,000 USDC) from an unlabeled wallet to Coinbase Prime 1
- [$200.0M in USDT](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xd5b2580ff9b0578867fefd009d21d456745a8d69e3ed8f97a9321d4d2a5fcd25) (199,998,916 USDT) from Binance to an unlabeled wallet

Live feed: [whale transfers](/data/whales).

## Network fees

Ethereum gas was 0.11 gwei (standard); Bitcoin fees for next-half-hour confirmation were 3 sat/vB at the close.

## The day's top stories

- [US Treasury Moves to Sever Russia-Linked A7 Shadow Banking Network](/news/us-treasury-fincen-ofac-a7-network-sanctions)
- [Ethereum Developers Propose Tapered Issuance Burn to Cap Staking Growth](/analysis/ethereum-eip-8363-tapered-issuance-burn-proposal)
- [Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates to 3.75-4% Range](/news/fed-hikes-rates-august-jobs-resilient)
- [Nasdaq Ventures Backs Kraken Parent Payward With $100M for Tokenized Equities](/news/nasdaq-invests-100m-payward-tokenized-equities)
- [SEC and Ripple Agree to Dismiss Appeals, Finalizing $125M Penalty](/news/sec-ripple-dismiss-appeals-125m-judgment)

## 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](/news/crypto-market-close-october-1-2026). Not financial advice.

## Sources

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