Bitcoin Price on Friday the 13th: Is $60,000 Next?

Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:08 p.m. ET: Bitcoin trades at $68,760, down 4.1 percent from the same time yesterday. Early Friday it fell as low as $67,555 on Coinbase, its lowest level since August. For crypto, that makes this a rare black Friday the 13th: since 2014, Bitcoin closed lower on only 3 of 22 such days, and never by more than 3.1 percent. Today it is down 3.6 percent. Within 24 hours, $1.31 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out, 83 percent of them bets on rising prices. The Fear and Greed Index sits at 20, extreme fear, its lowest reading since July 8.

The forces behind the sell-off, from US inflation to ETF outflows, are on our standing page Why is crypto down today? This piece answers three questions before the weekend: is Friday the 13th really unlucky for crypto, what happens when traditional markets close, and is $60,000 next?

Bitcoin crash on Friday the 13th: the key numbers at 12:08 p.m. ET

• Bitcoin: $68,760, down 4.1 percent in 24 hours, 9.4 percent in 7 days and 16.1 percent in 30 days, according to CoinMarketCap
• Day low: $67,555 on Coinbase, between midnight and 1 a.m. ET
• Distance from the all-time high of $126,198 on October 6, 2025: down 45.5 percent
• Ethereum: $1,931, down 3.7 percent in 24 hours and 21.1 percent in 30 days
• Solana $79.67, XRP $1.02, BNB $631.73
• Total crypto market: $2.32 trillion, down 3.1 percent in 24 hours
• Liquidations in 24 hours: $1.31 billion across 159,481 traders, $1.09 billion of it long positions, according to CoinGlass
• Fear and Greed Index: 20, extreme fear, according to alternative.me