Bitcoin near $81,850 after briefly topping $83,000; ether up 1.5% over 24 hours

Bitcoin was trading at about $US81,850 as of 6:40pm GMT on Monday 19 October, up about 1% over 24 hours and down 0.7% over seven days, according to CoinGecko data. Coinbase’s spot price was within about $20 of that level. Over the previous 24 hours bitcoin traded between about $80,670 and $83,035, the CoinGecko data showed.

CoinDesk reported that bitcoin rose from an overnight low near $80,700 to just above $83,000 early on Monday, New York time, before slipping back to about $82,400 within half an hour. The outlet said bitcoin had turned lower near $84,000 on 13 and 14 October.

Ether was at about $2,397 as of 6:40pm GMT, up 1.5% over 24 hours and down 4.7% over seven days, according to CoinGecko.

Among other large tokens, BNB was at about $726, up 2.1% over 24 hours. XRP was near $1.30, up 2.3%, Solana was at about $104, up 1.9%, and Dogecoin was near 7.9 US cents, up 2.0%. All four were lower than a week earlier.

The total value of all cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinGecko was about $2.76 trillion, with bitcoin accounting for about 59.6%.

CoinDesk reported that technology shares led a rebound on Wall Street on Monday, with the Nasdaq up 1.8% in late-morning New York trading.

For Monday morning’s prices, see our earlier report.