Bitcoin and Ether into the US open, after a softer night

Bitcoin spent the night drifting lower. Asia closed −0.29% with net buying of 607 BTC in the session tape, and Europe closed −0.15%, again net buying at 367 BTC. Europe pushed through 77,891 along the way. The heavier selling session was the US one that came before this run, which closed −0.46%.

Ether was the firmer of the pair. Asia closed +0.41% with net buying of 2,208 ETH, and Europe added +0.36% and net buying of 37,518 ETH. The US session behind it closed +0.44% while the tape there was net selling of 27,633 ETH, so the flow and the close did not agree.

That is the tape into 7:30 AM ET on 2 November 2026.

Bitcoin (BTCUSDT)

Price is 77,964, inside the band between 77,756 and 78,081. That band is made of the Asia low, the Europe low, the day's point of control, the prior US session high and the day's value area low, and it has taken 16 touches while holding 53.2% of the day's volume. The largest marks in it are Absorptions on the buy side at 143 and Absorptions on the sell side at 116.

The zone overhead is built from the Europe high, the day's value area high and the daily VWAP, a band from 78,280 to 78,384. Its largest marks are Absorptions on the sell side at 35. Higher up sits the Asia high, where a sell wall of 115 BTC rests at 78,880, 3.9 times the usual resting size. Below, the zone at 76,270 is the prior US session low.

If price closes below 77,688, the next zone down is 76,270. If price closes above 78,149, the next zone up is 78,280, and past it the week's high at 81,954.

Ether (ETHUSDT)

Price is 2,292, in a tight band around 2,292 made of the day's point of control and the daily VWAP, on 23 touches and 22.8% of the day's volume. The marks there are close together: Absorptions on the sell side at 140 and Absorptions on the buy side at 135.

The zone overhead is made of the Europe high and the day's value area high at 2,304, with Absorptions on the sell side its largest mark at 29. Above that is the Asia high, where a sell wall of 2,538 ETH rests at 2,315, 2.9 times the usual resting size. On the way down, the band from 2,261 to 2,268 is built from the Asia low, the prior US session high and the day's value area low, and its largest marks are Absorptions on the sell side at 138.

If price closes below 2,289, the next zone down is 2,282, and past it the prior day's low at 2,244. If price closes above 2,295, the next zone up is 2,304, and past it the week's high at 2,391.

Until one of those gives, I'll let price pick a side.

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