Bitcoin near $81,300 on Monday morning; ether down 6.6% over seven days

Bitcoin was trading at about $US81,340 as of 10:01pm GMT on Sunday 18 October, up 0.2% over 24 hours and down 2.9% over seven days, according to CoinGecko data. In the previous 24 hours it traded between about $80,670 and $82,180.

Ether was at about $2,379, down 0.2% over 24 hours and 6.6% over seven days, the data showed.

Among other large tokens, XRP was at about $1.28, down 9.7% over seven days. Solana traded near $102.64, down 8.3%, BNB was at about $714.78, down 5.4%, and Dogecoin was near 7.8 US cents, down 10.9%. All four were within 1% of their levels 24 hours earlier.

About $359 million of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in the 24 hours to Sunday evening UTC, about 78% of them bets on higher prices, The Crypto Times reported, citing CoinGlass data. Ether positions accounted for about $82 million and bitcoin positions for about $48 million. The outlet said liquidations had reached nearly $937 million on 15 October.

The US Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision is scheduled for 28 October, US time, according to the Fed’s meeting calendar.