Bitcoin (BTC) gained 1.23% on Binance in the hour ending 12:18 a.m. ET Friday, while the same snapshot showed a 1.98% 24-hour loss, illustrating opposing short- and longer-window readings.
Binance’s BTC/USDT quote was $78,316 at 12:18 a.m. ET (04:18 UTC) Friday, Oct. 30, after standing at $77,362 at 11:18 p.m. ET Thursday. That one-hour move was $954, equal to 1.23%. The same Binance snapshot put BTC 1.98% below its level 24 hours earlier. The hourly calculation compares readings one hour apart; the daily percentage covers the longer 24-hour period ending at 04:18 UTC. The percentages describe different comparison periods, rather than successive parts of a single move.
CoinGecko and exchange spot data put Bitcoin at $78,169, down 2.09% over 24 hours, as of 04:25 UTC. This was a separate market reading, taken seven minutes after the Binance quote, with its own 24-hour comparison period.
