Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $74,000 on Binance Tuesday morning after dropping $499 in 15 minutes, while a later CoinGecko/exchange spot snapshot showed it remained below that mark.
Binance spot quotes put Bitcoin at $74,239 at 8:17 a.m. ET (13:17 UTC) and $73,740 at 8:32 a.m. ET (13:32 UTC), a $499 difference. The earlier quote was $239 above $74,000; the later one was $260 below it.
The 0.56% decline recorded at 8:32 a.m. covers the full preceding hour. The $499 change compares the two quotes taken 15 minutes apart, so the figures measure separate periods.
A CoinGecko/exchange spot snapshot at 8:51 a.m. ET (13:51 UTC) put Bitcoin at $73,915, down 1.14% over 24 hours. Taken 19 minutes after the Binance quote, it also showed BTC below $74,000. The 24-hour percentage uses a longer comparison window than either the 15-minute dollar move or the one-hour decline.