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Bitcoin (BTC) Posts Smallest Loss Among Six as Crypto Market Cap Falls 4.85%

The snapshot priced Bitcoin (BTC) at $80,967; long positions accounted for $249 million of $294 million in 24-hour liquidations.

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Six plain metal tokens sit on a ledge before Lower Manhattan in New York. / EconoTimes.ai
Six plain metal tokens sit on a ledge before Lower Manhattan in New York. / EconoTimes.ai

The Sunday, Oct. 18, 5 p.m. ET (21:00 UTC) snapshot valued the crypto market at $2.70 trillion, down 4.85% over 24 hours, while Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.85%.

BTC was priced at $80,967. Of the six major assets in the comparison, Bitcoin's loss was the smallest; Dogecoin (DOGE) had the largest slide, ending at $0.0768 after a 4.30% fall. Ether (ETH) ended at $2,351, down 2.93%; XRP reached $1.27 after a 2.90% loss. BNB slipped 1.57% to $708.64, and Solana (SOL) fell 2.85% to $101.24.

An earlier EconoTimes Sunday snapshot for a 24-hour window ending at 1 a.m. ET (05:00 UTC) Sunday, Oct. 18, had the market at $2.76 trillion, 2.75% lower. Bitcoin was at $81,801 after a 0.31% gain in that reading.

The combined 24-hour liquidation figure for Binance, Bybit and OKX was $294 million. The split was $249 million on the long side and $45 million on the short side.

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