Crypto Market Close Sept. 30, 2026: BTC $83,533 (−0.1%)

Crypto market close, Sept. 30: Bitcoin holds near $83,533 as NEAR jumps 8.7%

Bitcoin ended the UTC day at $83,533 after a $82,969–$85,454 range; 26 of the 50 largest crypto assets rose and 17 fell. Movers, whale flows, stablecoins and sentiment inside.

Bitcoin closed the UTC day on September 30, 2026 at $83,533, little changed from its $83,613 open, after trading in a $82,969–$85,454 range. Ether ended at $2,683 (+0.3%). The total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.84T (−0.9% over 24 hours), with Bitcoin's share at 58.8%.

Breadth was positive: of the 50 largest assets we track (excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens), 26 rose and 17 fell, and the median move was +0.7%. The standout among the top 30 was NEAR Protocol (NEAR), +8.7% to $5.34.

Majors at the close

Asset	Close	Day	7 days	Day range
Bitcoin (BTC)	$83,533	−0.1%	−2.4%	$82,969–$85,454
Ethereum (ETH)	$2,683	+0.3%	−1.4%	$2,659–$2,736
Binance Coin (BNB)	$768.13	+1.2%	−1.7%	$756.14–$778.36
XRP (XRP)	$1.49	−0.1%	−5.3%	$1.49–$1.54
Solana (SOL)	$117.98	−0.9%	+0.9%	$117.18–$122.43
TRON (TRX)	$0.3374	+0.9%	−1.6%	$0.3340–$0.3406
Hyperliquid (HYPE)	$90.90	+5.6%	−4.5%	$84.88–$91.60
Zcash (ZEC)	$1,437	+1.4%	−11.4%	$1,392–$1,487
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.0945	+0.7%	−4.9%	$0.0930–$0.0976
Monero (XMR)	$544.84	+0.7%	−3.0%	$536.33–$548.22

Biggest movers in the top 50

Up: Worldcoin +10.6% · NEAR Protocol +8.7% · Quant +7.5% · Ethena +6.5% · Hyperliquid +5.6%

Down: Maker −5.4% · Avalanche −4.5% · Aave −3.7% · Internet Computer −3.1% · World Liberty Financial −2.4%

Beyond the top 50 (assets above $50 million in market value, rolling 24 hours): Stacks (STX) led gains at +17.4%; Bedrock (BR) fell the most, −15.5%.

Sentiment

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 74 (Greed), up from 71 a day earlier. Basis Desk's own news-flow gauge counted 14 bullish, 6 bearish and 35 neutral items among 55 published during the day.

Stablecoins

Stablecoin supply totaled $312.7B, roughly flat over 24 hours. Largest: USDT $183.9B, USDC $74.1B, USDS $6.8B.

Whale flows

Basis Desk's on-chain scanner logged 1,064 transfers of $5 million or more on Ethereum (ETH and major tokens) and 128 Bitcoin transfers of 100 BTC or more, excluding change outputs and wallet consolidations. Deposits to labeled exchange wallets totaled $2.3B, against $2.0B withdrawn.

$222.8M in USDC (222,784,422 USDC) from an unlabeled wallet to Circle
$210.6M in USDC (210,614,493 USDC) from Circle to an unlabeled wallet
$195.0M in USDC (195,000,000 USDC) from Coinbase Prime 1 to an unlabeled wallet

Live feed: whale transfers.

Network fees

Ethereum gas was 0.18 gwei (standard); Bitcoin fees for next-half-hour confirmation were 2 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: Sept. 29. 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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