Bitcoin and Altcoins: Market Overview (October 17, 2026)

Daily Highlight: On October 17, Bitcoin and most major altcoins posted losses over the past 24 hours. Glassnode said that waves of selling at a loss seen at the previous three local bottoms have reappeared, adding that if the same pattern continues, it could point to a floor just above $80,000.

• At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $81,476.37, down 0.7%, and at around 4,034,979 TL against the Turkish lira.
• Ethereum (ETH) is down 0.7% at $2,426.51, BNB (BNB) is down 1.1% at $721.19, Ripple (XRP) is down 1.9% at $1.31, Dogecoin (DOGE) is down 1.8% at $0.08047, Solana (SOL) is down 0.8% at $104.75, and TRON (TRX) is up 0.1% at $0.3352.
• Over the past 24 hours, Hive Dollar (HBD), up 333.3%, was the top-performing altcoin, while Cortex (CX), down 54.9%, was the altcoin with the largest price decline.
• At the time of writing, Hive Dollar (HBD) is trading at $4.09, while Cortex (CX) is trading at $0.03294.
• The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is at 101.84.
• The total value of the cryptocurrency market stands at $2.84 trillion.
• The cryptocurrency market’s 24-hour trading volume is around $75.07 billion.
• The dollar/TL exchange rate is at 49.5233, while the euro/TL exchange rate is at 55.6969.
• Over the past 24 hours, $314.89 million in positions were liquidated in the cryptocurrency market, affecting 80,519 investors.
• Long positions accounted for 66.29% of the liquidated positions.

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Not investment advice.