Bitcoin Falls 0.85% as Total Crypto Market Cap Drops 4.85%

Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.85% to $80,967 as of 5 p.m. ET (21:00 UTC) Sunday, Oct. 18, while total crypto market capitalization dropped 4.85% to $2.70 trillion, a steeper decline than Bitcoin’s.

Ether (ETH) traded at $2,351, down 2.93%. XRP was $1.27 after a 2.90% decline, while BNB fell 1.57% to $708.64. Solana (SOL) lost 2.85% to $101.24, and Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped 4.30% to $0.0768. Bitcoin’s market dominance was 60.3%, compared with Ether’s 10.6%.

Among the six major assets listed, Bitcoin had the smallest loss and Dogecoin the largest. Across the top 39 coins, Monero (XMR) was unchanged, while Pump.fun (PUMP) fell 11.61%, the steepest decline in that group.

Liquidations across Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $294 million over 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $249 million of the total, compared with $45 million for short positions.