Falling below $62,000 wasn’t enough—this time, Bitcoin couldn’t even hold on to a spot in the world’s top 15 assets.

According to 8MarketCap, Bitcoin’s market cap briefly fell to about $1.26 trillion, down roughly 8% in 24 hours. It was overtaken by Eli Lilly (about $1.285 trillion) and the S&P 500 ETF (about $1.321 trillion), dropping out of the world’s 15 largest assets. By another measure, Berkshire also ranked ahead of it, putting Bitcoin in 18th place.

Just two days ago (November 13), it was still in 14th place, with a market cap of about $1.39 trillion. Roughly $130 billion evaporated in two days.

The current price is about $64,960 (Binance BTC/USDT), with an intraday low of $62,006. It’s down about 14.3% over seven days and about 48% below its October 6 all-time high of $126,080. The backdrop isn’t encouraging either: spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of about $1.065 billion during the week of November 9–13, marking seven consecutive trading days of outflows.

My view is that rankings are a market-cap game, not a verdict on fundamentals. Falling out of the top 15 shows that Bitcoin’s decline has outpaced the broader U.S. stock market: all three major U.S. indexes posted weekly gains, while Bitcoin fell about 14% for the week. But rankings naturally fluctuate. It was still in 14th place two days ago. What really matters is whether it can close the week back above the $68,000 area (near the 200-week moving average), and whether ETF flows can stop bleeding. If it can’t get back above that level, its ranking will slip further; if it does, a return to 15th place could be just a day or two away.

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Data as of: 2026-11-15 05:00 UTC
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