Weekly market notes · 2026-W44
Compiled from 3 AM/PM briefs, 2026-10-31 to 2026-11-01. Every number below comes from data this site already collected (CoinGecko, Alternative.me, OKX, DefiLlama and verified headlines). Education only. Not investment advice. We do not pick coins and we make no predictions.
What the numbers did
- Bitcoin went from $77,393.00 in the first brief to $77,859.00 in the last one, a change of +0.60%.
- Ether went from $2,246.81 to $2,268.18, a change of +0.95%.
- The Fear & Greed index ranged from 30 to 34 and ended at 34 (Fear).
- Bitcoin dominance in the last brief: 59.9%.
What it means for a beginner
- A weekly change is a snapshot between two moments, not a trend. Prices can move this much in a single day.
- Fear & Greed describes mood. A low reading means traders were cautious; it has no record of predicting what comes next.
- Dominance is Bitcoin's share of total crypto market value. It rises when Bitcoin holds up better than other coins.
- If a move makes you want to act fast, that is the moment to slow down. Read how to spot a crypto scam first.
Themes that kept coming up
Story categories in this week's briefs, by count: Hack/Exploit (10), Regulation (5), Stablecoin (4), ETF/Institutional (1).
Most-confirmed stories
- Binance’s $6.3 billion hack raises questions about crypto wallet safety CNBC · confirmed by 12 sources
- FBI blames North Korea for Binance hack in biggest crypto heist in history South China Morning Post · confirmed by 12 sources
- FBI Links 628 Crypto Wallet Addresses to North Korea’s Binance Hack Hackread · confirmed by 12 sources
- Binance Lost Over $6 Billion in Crypto Hack. Here’s What to Know. The New York Times · confirmed by 7 sources
- FBI acusa Coreia do Norte de roubar US$ 6 bi em criptomoedas da Binance UOL Notícias · confirmed by 7 sources
- How North Korea perfected the crypto heist Axios · confirmed by 6 sources
- Uniswap, a16z Tell Illinois to Drop DEXs From 0.2% Crypto Tax Broker Rules BigGo Finance · confirmed by 6 sources
- Binance repos 90% das criptomoedas roubadas em ataque e preve saques jornaluniao.com.br · confirmed by 5 sources
New to crypto? What these numbers mean
- Fear & Greed: a 0 to 100 mood index built from price swings, volume and social data. Low means fearful, high means greedy. It describes mood; it does not predict prices.
- Liquidations: leveraged bets an exchange closed automatically because the trader ran out of margin. Large numbers show how risky borrowed money is.
- Long/short ratio: how many accounts on one exchange bet on the price going up versus down. A snapshot, not a forecast.
- Stablecoin supply: the total value of coins pegged to a currency such as the US dollar.
- DeFi TVL: total value locked, the money deposited in decentralized finance apps.
- 500+ BTC transactions: very large transfers, often an exchange moving its own funds.
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