Bitcoin Breaks Above $82,000 as Binance Spot Price Reaches $82,055

Bitcoin (BTC) broke above $82,000, reaching $82,055 in a self-collected Binance spot reading at 6:05 a.m. ET (10:05 UTC) Thursday, Oct. 22. The update identifies Binance’s spot market as the venue and records the exact quote. The snapshot places Bitcoin above the $82,000 threshold at the stated time. The earlier reference price was $81,914, recorded 15 minutes before the $82,055 quote. Over the preceding hour, Bitcoin was up 0.32%. Those are separate comparisons: one is a price from 15 minutes earlier, and the other is the percentage change over an hour. Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.