$2.79 Trillion Crypto Market Falls 2.53% as Liquidations Reach $236.7 Million

Crypto market capitalization fell 2.53% to $2.79 trillion in the 24 hours through 1:05 a.m. ET (05:05 UTC) Oct. 22, while liquidations on Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $236.7 million.

Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $82,845, down 0.08% over 24 hours. Marketwide trading volume reached $88.01 billion. Bitcoin represented 59.5% of the market, compared with Ether’s (ETH) 10.7% share.

Ether fell 0.22% to $2,445, BNB declined 0.34% to $740.51, and Solana (SOL) lost 0.59% to $105.50. Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped 1.92% to $0.0802, while XRP rose 0.98% to $1.35, the only gainer among those six assets.

Among the top 39 assets, Pump.fun (PUMP) advanced 4.14%, the strongest gain. Worldcoin (WLD) fell 5.58%, the steepest decline.

Long liquidations accounted for $107.3 million of the total, while short liquidations reached $129.4 million. A similar split between Bitcoin’s move and the broader market appeared in the Oct. 21 market snapshot.