Daily recap
Crypto recap for Tuesday, November 3, 2026
What happened
Overall it was a red day in crypto. The combined value of the 100 biggest coins (their market cap) was about $2.59 trillion, -1.1% over the last 24 hours. Of the 73 best-known coins in the top 100 (stablecoins and wrapped tokens left out), 18 went up and 55 went down.
- Bitcoin (BTC, -1.2%) trades at $76,992.00 (7 days: -3.6%).
- Ethereum (ETH, -1.1%) trades at $2,264.19 (7 days: -2.1%).
- XRP (XRP, +0.4%) trades at $1.26 (7 days: -3.4%).
Biggest risers among those: Stacks (STX, +3.5%), World Liberty Financial (WLFI, +2.2%), TRON (TRX, +1.8%). Biggest fallers: NEAR Protocol (NEAR, -6.8%), Kaspa (KAS, -5.9%), Zcash (ZEC, -5.7%).
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 Bitcoin (-1.2%) and the wider market moved in the same direction, which suggests a market-wide mood rather than news about one coin. 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):
- ETHGas wants to bring Wall Street to public Ethereum by selling advance block reservations — CoinDesk
- Bitcoin steadies after dip to $76,300 as ETF outflows and midterm elections weigh on crypto — CoinDesk
- Liquid’s bitcoin IOUs are fully backed again after a $320 million exploit — CoinDesk
- Binance’s net inflows turn positive at $2.3B as withdrawals expand — Cointelegraph
- France postpones 2027 budget vote, crypto exit-tax proposals scrapped — Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin price threatens $77.7K support loss with recent buyers underwater — Cointelegraph
What it means for a beginner
A one-day move, up or down, says very little about the long run. Red days feel scary, but selling in a panic often locks in a loss. Notice that the biggest movers (3% 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 2026-11-03 12:14:00 UTC.