Daily recap

Crypto recap for Monday, November 2, 2026

What happened

Overall it was a calm day in crypto. The combined value of the 100 biggest coins (their market cap) was about $2.62 trillion, -0.1% over the last 24 hours. Of the 74 best-known coins in the top 100 (stablecoins and wrapped tokens left out), 14 went up and 60 went down.

• Bitcoin (BTC, +0.0%) trades at $77,908.00 (7 days: -3.1%).
• Ethereum (ETH, +0.9%) trades at $2,287.72 (7 days: -1.8%).
• XRP (XRP, -0.1%) trades at $1.25 (7 days: -3.0%).

Biggest risers among those: Rain (RAIN, +6.4%), JUST (JST, +2.3%), TRON (TRX, +1.8%). Biggest fallers: Bitway (BTW, -6.6%), NEAR Protocol (NEAR, -5.6%), LayerZero (ZRO, -5.3%).

Why it might have happened

Bitcoin makes up about 60% of the whole market (that's Bitcoin dominance), so when it moves, most other coins tend to follow. Today neither Bitcoin nor the overall market moved much, which usually just means no single big piece of news dominated. Sharp moves in individual smaller coins are often driven by coin-specific news, token unlocks, or simple speculation. We don't guess at causes we can't verify.

Headlines from today's crypto news (we link them; we don't claim they caused the moves):

• No proof of AI in North Korean hackers move of stolen Binance funds — CoinDesk
• Bitcoin eases to $77,900 as Binance customers pull $3.6 billion after withdrawals reopen — CoinDesk
• Metals.io issues tokens backed by 25 tonnes of physical copper stored in Germany — CoinDesk
• From Uptober to Hacktober: Are Bitcoin’s seasonal patterns becoming obsolete? — Cointelegraph
• Trezor lifts password ceiling after Coldcard’s $100M wallet thefts — Cointelegraph
• Hong Kong takes tokenized settlement to 24/7, plans stablecoin trials — Cointelegraph

What it means for a beginner

A one-day move, up or down, says very little about the long run. Quiet days are a good time to learn rather than trade. Notice that the biggest movers (6% in a day) are usually smaller coins. Smaller coins swing much harder in both directions.

Tiny glossary

market cap

Market cap (market capitalization) is a coin's price multiplied by how many coins exist. It's a rough way to compare how 'big' different coins are.

Bitcoin dominance

Bitcoin dominance is Bitcoin's share of the total crypto market cap. When it rises, money is concentrating in Bitcoin relative to other coins.

altcoin

An altcoin is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.

Not financial advice. This recap explains market data; it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Data snapshot from CoinGecko at 2026-11-02 12:11:01 UTC.