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Bitcoin Falls Below 79,000 USDT, Trades at 78,990 USDT

According to OKX, Odaily, and the article, Bitcoin fell below 81,000 and 79,000 while trading around $79,469–$78,775, even as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 advanced.

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Fact Check
All four sources independently confirm the core claim. The PANews article directly confirms the $78,986.10 price and 1.67% daily decline from OKX data. The @BitcoinNews and @WatcherGuru X posts (both timestamped May 13, 2026) confirm Bitcoin fell below $79,000 and specifically dipped to $78,775. The @parafinans1 market summary at 16:00 UTC on May 13 also records BTC/USD at exactly 78,775. The two price levels ($78,986.10 and $78,775) are consistent with sequential intraday updates during a continued sell-off. The minor discrepancy in the percentage decline (1.67% vs 2.11%) reflects different measurement windows and does not undermine the claim. The evidence is highly consistent and corroborated across multiple independent sources.
Summary

Bitcoin was reported below multiple key price levels across separate market updates, underscoring sharp short-term volatility and uneven market snapshots. According to Odaily, BTC fell below 79,000 USDT and traded at 78,990 USDT, down 1.21% over 24 hours. OKX-linked updates separately showed Bitcoin briefly below 81,000, quoted at $80,967.70 and 80,992.8 USDT, with reported daily changes of -0.40% and +1.69%, respectively. Other reports placed BTC at about $79,469, down 1.52%, at $78,986.10, down 1.67%, and later at $78,775. At the same time, the S&P 500 rose 0.58% and the Nasdaq 100 gained 1.04%, pointing to a near-term divergence between Bitcoin and U.S. equities. Differences among the BTC price snapshots remain unresolved because timestamps, quote currency conventions, and methodologies were not harmonized across sources.

Terms & Concepts
  • Bitcoin (BTC): The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, commonly used as a benchmark for the broader digital asset market.
  • USDT: Tether, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin widely used as a quote currency in cryptocurrency trading.
  • Market divergence: A situation in which two related markets or asset classes move in different directions over the same period.