Ether falls 13% in 30 days to $2,386 and trails bitcoin as ETH/BTC ratio slips

Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, has lost 13% of its value in 30 days and has fallen faster than bitcoin, according to daily price data from Coinbase Exchange.

What happened

Ether closed at $2,385.86 on October 22 (UTC day), compared with $2,471.78 the day before, a fall of 3.48%. A week earlier, on October 15, it closed at $2,439.45, and a month earlier, on September 22, at $2,753.38. The 30-day decline is 13.35% and the one-week decline 2.20% (computed). Bitcoin fell 5.7% over the same 30 days and 1.0% over the week (computed).

Against bitcoin

One ether bought 0.02934 bitcoin on October 22, down from 0.03194 on September 22, a fall of 8.1% (computed). Within the data reviewed for this article, which begins November 8, 2025, the ratio's high was 0.03613 on 2025-12-10 and its low was 0.02578 on 2026-06-06.

The longer view

Ether's highest daily close in the data was $3,582.92 on 2025-11-09, and its lowest was $1,565.19 on 2026-06-25. At $2,385.86, it is 33.4% below that high and 52.4% above that low (computed). Ether's close on October 1 was $2,705.50, so it has fallen 11.8% in October.

About the data

Prices are Coinbase Exchange daily closing prices for the ETH-USD pair, with each day running from 00:00 to 24:00 UTC. Prices on other exchanges and at other times of day can differ.