Bitcoin Falls Below $80,000, Trades at $79,904 on Binance

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell below $80,000 and traded at $79,904 on Binance's spot market at 9:28 a.m. ET (13:28 UTC) Monday. The desk's own spot-price record placed BTC at $80,176 on the same market 15 minutes earlier, at 9:13 a.m. ET (13:13 UTC). The earlier price was above $80,000; the later price was below it. Both readings refer to Binance spot trading, so the comparison uses the same asset and market. At the 9:28 a.m. ET observation, BTC was down 0.79% over the preceding hour.