# Bitcoin Rises 1.23% in an Hour to $78,316 on Binance Spot Market

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-30T04:20:28.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-30T04:20:28.000Z
Section: Investing

> BTC was $77,362 an hour earlier and remained down 1.98% over 24 hours.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose $954, or 1.23%, in the hour ending at 12:18 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 30 (04:18 UTC). Bitcoin traded at $78,316 on Binance's BTC/USDT spot market at 12:18 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 30 (04:18 UTC), up from $77,362 at 11:18 p.m. ET Thursday.

The one-hour increase contrasted with the 24-hour reading: BTC was still down 1.98% from its level a day earlier. The two figures compare different windows ending at the same observation time, showing a gain against the prior hour and a loss against the prior day.

Across Binance, Bybit and OKX, short liquidations totaled $6.82 million and long liquidations totaled $250,000 during the same hour. The short-liquidation value exceeded the long total by $6.57 million, or about 27 to 1.

Bitcoin remained the largest crypto asset by market capitalization, with a market value of about $1,555,864,990,000. The price measurement is specific to Binance's BTC/USDT spot pair; the liquidation figures combine activity across the three exchanges.