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.

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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.