# Bitcoin Rises 2.66% in Four Hours to $82,483 by 1:50 P.M. ET

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-16T02:03:40.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-16T02:03:40.000Z
Section: Investing

> BTC was up 0.98% over 24 hours. One-hour liquidations across Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $1.91 million in short positions and $20,000 in long positions.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose 2.66% in four hours to $82,483 as of 1:50 p.m. ET (17:50 UTC) Oct. 15, based on TokenPost’s direct collection of Binance spot BTC/USDT prices. The price was $80,344 four hours earlier, a $2,139 gain.

At the same collection time, BTC was up 0.98% from 24 hours earlier. The four-hour rise exceeded the daily change by 1.68 percentage points. The figures cover separate measurement windows, with the shorter interval showing the larger move.

One-hour Bitcoin liquidations across Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $1.91 million in short positions and $20,000 in long positions. The short-position total was $1.89 million higher, or 95.5 times the long-position amount.

Bitcoin’s market capitalization was approximately $1,650,913,440,000, ranking it first among crypto assets by market value. That figure gives a broader measure of the asset’s scale alongside the spot price and shorter-term trading figures.