Bitcoin from January to October 2026: down 11.5%, after a 39.6% fall to June

Bitcoin opened 2026 at $87,498 on Coinbase and closed October at $77,424, down 11.5% over the first ten months of the year. That figure hides a deeper fall and a partial recovery.

Down 39.6% by the end of June

Bitcoin’s highest close of the period came early, at $96,955 on January 14. It fell 10.1% in January and 14.9% in February. On February 5 it lost 14%, its worst day of the period, and the next day it rose 12.3%, its best. Solana and XRP had their worst and best days on the same two dates, and February 5 was ether’s worst day too.

After small gains in March and April, it fell 20.5% in June. Its lowest close was $58,524 on June 30, 39.6% below the January peak, and it touched $57,718 the next day.

An August rebound

Bitcoin rose 7.4% in July and 25% in August, its best month of the period, and a further 6.4% in September. It fell 7.3% in October, the month of the $6.36 billion Binance incident.

The other coins fell further

Ether ended October down 24.1%, at $2,253. At its June low of $1,505 it was 53.3% below its January peak. It rose 32.6% in August and lost 16.1% in October.

Solana fell 23.4% to $95.31, after a 57.6% fall from its January peak and a 41.5% rise in August. XRP fell 32.1% to $1.25, the weakest of the four. It dropped below $1 in August, 57.7% below its January peak, before rising 30% that month.

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