Bitcoin traded near $76,500 on Tuesday morning, US election day, giving back Monday's push toward $78,600. The Block price board showed bitcoin at $76,488, down 0.29% on the session, with ether at $2,243.61 and solana at $91.51. Yahoo Finance had Tuesday's range so far between $76,305.54 and $77,180.22. Monday's session, which Goodman Macro measured on Binance, closed at 76,816 USDT after a high of 78,878 and a low of 76,705, a 1.96% drop. Ether's session close there was 2,253.29 USDT. Monday's early bounce is in yesterday's market note.
Ether holds near $2,244 as fund withdrawals continue
The major coins were softer together. Ether's print near $2,244 sits below the level just above $2,300 that held in Monday's Asian hours. Solana was near $91.50. US spot bitcoin and ether funds lost a combined $538.3 million on Monday, with bitcoin funds accounting for $398.6 million, a second straight outflow day. That flow is in today's ETF note. A corporate buyer was still adding: Strategy purchased 811 bitcoin through Sunday, taking reported holdings to 849,327 BTC, covered in the business story.
Polls, job openings and a Nasdaq dip set the session
Voters are choosing all 435 House seats and one-third of the Senate on Tuesday, EconoTimes noted, citing USAGov. September job openings are due at 10 a.m. Eastern. An early snapshot from Centrino Capital had the Nasdaq Composite down 1.07% at 25,164.32, while the Dow was higher. Brent crude held near $105 a barrel after Monday's sharp drop, and spot gold was quoted near $3,921. The commodity tape is in today's gold and oil note. A December Fed hike was priced near 72.5% on a prediction market early Tuesday, close to Monday's futures reading, in the economy briefing. Binance's user fund now holds about 7,500 bitcoin after last week's hack, in the SAFU update. Follow the session on the markets desk.