Bitcoin Falls Below $81,000 as Binance Spot Price Hits $80,938

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $81,000 and traded at $80,938 on Binance's spot market at 11:37 p.m. ET Oct. 14 (03:37 UTC Oct. 15), in an in-house price collection.

The quote was $62 below the $81,000 mark and $165 lower than the $81,103 reading collected 15 minutes earlier. That earlier price was $103 above $81,000. Bitcoin was down 0.35% over the hour ending at 11:37 p.m. ET. The 15-minute comparison is a dollar change; the hourly figure is a percentage change.

Bitcoin is the largest crypto asset by market capitalization. The in-house collection used Binance's spot market and captured the exact price at the stated time. At that snapshot, BTC had crossed below $81,000 after standing above that level in the earlier 15-minute reading. The figures show the latest 15-minute move and the broader one-hour change.