# Bitcoin Drops Below $82,000 to $81,955 on Binance Spot Trading

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/38221
Published: 2026-10-22T18:52:40.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-22T18:52:40.000Z
Section: Investing

> The price was $82,058 15 minutes earlier, and Bitcoin was down 0.40% over the prior hour.

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest crypto asset by market capitalization, fell below $82,000 to $81,955 on Binance's spot market at 4:35 a.m. ET (08:35 UTC) on Oct. 22, in TokenPost's own price tracking.

The previous reading, taken 15 minutes earlier, was $82,058. That put BTC $58 above the $82,000 threshold before the latest price moved $45 below it. The one-hour change was a decline of 0.40%.

The two readings show the move across the $82,000 level within a 15-minute interval. The 0.40% figure covers the hour before the observation, while $82,058 is the separate 15-minute comparison price.

The snapshot tracks spot trading on Binance, so the reported figure is the exchange's spot price at the stated observation time. Bitcoin is the largest crypto asset by market capitalization; the price was $82,058 15 minutes earlier and was down 0.40% over the hour. The $103 gap between the readings summarizes the movement over the shorter period.