Crypto
Crypto is a data page on the Markets desk of Glassbox Auditing. Bitcoin and ether price history since 2014 and 2016, their deepest falls from record highs and how long recovery took, how much they swing against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, and how closely they move with stocks. It shows the risk record behind the questions people ask about crypto.
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What is the latest reading?
Bitcoin price: $75,860 as of , +20,402.7% since Dec 2014. Source: FRED CBBTCUSD.
What is on this page today?
- The SEC's crypto enforcement list has 14 dated entries for 2024 up to 10 Oct 2024, 35 for 2023 — Its busiest year is 2023 with 35 entries · SEC litigation releases of any kind: 287 in 2024, 314 in 2023 · The SEC last reviewed the page on 24 Apr 2025, so later actions are not on it · One dated line can hold several… (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Crypto Assets enforcement list; litigation releases), 8 Nov 2026)
- Dollar stablecoins in circulation: $294B on 8 Nov, 3.4% below a year earlier — Tether (USDT) $177B, 3.6% below a year earlier · USD Coin (USDC) $70.7B, 6.3% below a year earlier · 4.4% below its level 30 days earlier · Coins pegged to the dollar, circulating supply as DefiLlama counts it, on the… (DefiLlama (stablecoins), 7 Nov 2026)
- The middle tracked token trades 99% below its all-time high, and 10 of 10 are 80% or more below theirs — 10 of 10 are 80% or more below their highs (the Coinbase record where CoinPaprika gives none) · 4 have climbed back to a record after a fall of half or more · The line is Decentraland's distance below its Coinbase record (Coinbase Exchange and CoinPaprika, 6 Nov 2026)
- Bitcoin closed at $75,860 on 6 Nov — 39% below its highest close, $124,720 on 5 Oct 2025 (Coinbase, 5 Nov 2026)
- Ether closed at $2,239 on 6 Nov, 54% below its record close of $4,831 on 21 Aug 2025 — -33% over one year · Coinbase daily closes since May 2016; a record is the highest close in that span (Coinbase, 5 Nov 2026)
- Bitcoin closed 39% below its highest close on 6 Nov — Highest close since the series began in Dec 2014: $124,720 on 5 Oct 2025 (Coinbase, 5 Nov 2026)
- Bitcoin's 30-day volatility is 36% a year on 6 Nov, 2.1 times the S&P 500's 17% — 4 points below its own one-year average of 40% · the typical size of the last 30 daily moves, scaled to a year (365 days for coins, 252 for stocks) · the line is bitcoin's 30-day volatility day by day (Coinbase · S&P Dow Jones Indices · Nasdaq, 5 Nov 2026)
- Bitcoin is -13% so far in 2026, ether -25%, S&P 500 +7%, Nasdaq Composite +6% — Price change from the last close of 2025 to the latest close, against -7% for bitcoin in 2025 · stock indexes exclude dividends · the line is bitcoin's return each calendar year (Coinbase · S&P Dow Jones Indices · Nasdaq, 5 Nov 2026)
- Bitcoin's daily moves had a +0.49 correlation with the S&P 500's over the 90 trading days to 5 Nov — +0.12 against 30 trading days earlier · from -1 (opposite moves) through 0 (no link) to +1 (always together), on the days both traded (Coinbase · S&P Dow Jones Indices, 4 Nov 2026)
- Losses reported to the FBI's IC3 reached $20.9B in the 2025 report, up 25.8% on the year before — $8.65B of investment losses and $929M of confidence/romance losses · Losses tagged cryptocurrency, on complaints of any type and overlapping those two: $11.4B · 1,008,597 complaints, up 17.3% on the year before … (Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Complaint Center (annual Internet Crime Report), 30 Dec 2025)
Where does the data come from?
Items on this page come from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Crypto Assets enforcement list; litigation releases); DefiLlama (stablecoins); Coinbase Exchange and CoinPaprika; Coinbase; Coinbase · S&P Dow Jones Indices · Nasdaq; Coinbase · S&P Dow Jones Indices; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Complaint Center (annual Internet Crime Report). Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.
What does this page lead to?
- SPY History (Markets): Bitcoin has moved more closely with stocks since 2020, so large swings in crypto and in SPY often arrive on the same days; the correlation chart on the Crypto page measures how closely. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; economy scale) Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).
- Finance (Global Intelligence): The bitcoin and ether price history here is the long view behind the live coin, stablecoin and bitcoin fund snapshot on Global Intelligence, Finance. (moves the same way; same day; global scale) Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).
What feeds this page?
- Finance (Global Intelligence): Spot bitcoin funds add bitcoin when shareholders put money in and shed it when they take money out; the funds' trading on Finance is an early read on that demand, which sits behind the daily prices on Crypto. (moves the same way; same day; sector scale) Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).