Crypto Market Cap Falls 2.59% to $2.69 Trillion as Bitcoin Slips

Crypto valuations had shed 2.59% to a combined $2.69 trillion by 5:04 p.m. ET (21:04 UTC) Monday, Oct. 26, with Bitcoin at $79,986, down 0.60% from a day earlier.

Trading volume over the 24-hour period was $72.93 billion. Bitcoin represented 59.5% of total crypto market value, compared with Ether's 10.4% share.

A previous Oct. 25 market snapshot put total crypto value at the same $2.69 trillion after a 3.52% 24-hour decline; Bitcoin gained 0.07% in that earlier period.

Ether (ETH) fell 1.53% to $2,309. XRP declined 0.64% to $1.29, while Solana (SOL) dropped 1.13% to $100.46. BNB rose 0.23% to $741.72, and Dogecoin (DOGE) added 0.03% to $0.0772. Ether had the largest percentage loss among those six major assets, while BNB led their gains.

Among the top 39 cryptocurrencies, Quant (QNT) posted the strongest gain, rising 5.44%. Gram (prev. Toncoin) (GRAM) had the steepest decline, falling 3.88%.

Positions liquidated across Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $146.6 million over 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $98.5 million, and short positions accounted for $48.1 million.