A $631 drop between two quotes 15 minutes apart left Bitcoin (BTC) at $82,740 on Binance’s spot market at 11:12 a.m. ET (15:12 UTC) Tuesday, below $83,000.
The first Tuesday reading was $83,371. By the second, Bitcoin stood $260 below $83,000, placing the crossing of that price level within the 15-minute interval.
Bitcoin was also 0.31% lower than it had been an hour before the 11:12 a.m. ET quote. That percentage measures a different period from the $631 change between the two spot readings.
The move followed a separate drop below $83,000 on Binance on Oct. 19. Bitcoin was quoted at $82,761 at 3:53 a.m. ET (07:53 UTC) that day, after a $83,012 reading 15 minutes earlier. The gap between those Monday quotes was $251, compared with Tuesday’s $631 difference.
