Crypto Market Cap Falls 3.47% to $2.74 Trillion as Bitcoin Rises
Bitcoin traded at $81,983 at 9 a.m. ET on Oct. 18. Ether fell 0.40%, and liquidations across three major exchanges totaled $196.3 million.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.57% to $81,983 by 9 a.m. ET (13:00 UTC) Sunday, Oct. 18, while total crypto market capitalization fell 3.47% to $2.74 trillion, leaving major assets with mixed 24-hour moves.
Ether (ETH) slipped 0.40% to $2,417, and Dogecoin (DOGE) fell 0.31% to $0.0794. XRP gained 0.05% to $1.30, BNB rose 0.51% to $723.24, and Solana (SOL) added 0.10% to $104.06. Four of the six assets listed were higher, with Bitcoin posting the largest gain among them.
Bitcoin represented 60.1% of the crypto market, while Ether accounted for 10.8%. Among the top 39 assets, Hedera (HBAR) rose 6.48%, the largest gain, while Pump.fun (PUMP) fell 4.61%, the steepest decline.
Liquidations on Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $196.3 million over 24 hours. Long liquidations accounted for $148.9 million, compared with $47.4 million in short liquidations.