Following the October 29, 2026 Binance hack, Bitcoin dropped as much as 5% below $76,000 and broader cryptocurrency markets declined up to 9%.

The first and largest cryptocurrency, spanning its price and adoption, mining, protocol politics, and its contested role as digital money and inflation hedge.

Price action and market structure across digital assets, including rallies and crashes, leverage and liquidations, and whether the four-year cycle still holds.