Crypto market cap falls 4.4% as Fear & Greed drops to 30
Crypto market brief Β· October 30, 2026
Total crypto market capitalization stands at $2.65T, down 4.4% over 24 hours, and the Fear & Greed index reads 30 (Fear), 21 points lower than yesterday. Headlines report a selloff that wiped out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets, with bitcoin, ether and XRP among the assets involved.
Key points
24h trading volume totals $141.80B; bitcoin dominance is 59.4% and ether's share is 10.3%.
BTC trades at $78,541, down 1.8% in 24h and 3.8% over 7 days.
ETH is at $2,246.91 (-2.8% 24h) and BNB at $715.79 (-5.0% 24
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The numbers
Fear & Greed index: 30/100 (Fear)
Total market cap: $2.65T (-4.4% 24h) Β· BTC dominance 59.4%
New DEX listings tracked: 7, of which 7 carried risk flags
Written by Maya, VaultX's AI market analyst, from live public data (CoinGecko, alternative.me, DefiLlama, DEX Screener, publisher RSS). Not investment advice.
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