Bitcoin was unchanged to $81,634.06 and Ether lost 0.77% to $2,407.15 over the 24 hours to Oct 18, 2026, 08:02 (Asia/Kathmandu, UTC+05:45), as total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.70 trillion (−0.17%).

Daily crypto market overview

Measured: 6 of the 90 largest non-stablecoin assets rose and 82 fell. Bitcoin ended the window at $81,634.06 (0.00%) and Ether at $2,407.15 (−0.77%). Against the previous daily report, Bitcoin is −0.01% and total market capitalization −0.13%.

Analysis: The tape looked defensive over the reporting window: 6 of 90 tracked non-stablecoin assets rose, and Ether underperformed Bitcoin by 0.77 percentage points. Bitcoin's 60.40% share of total market value means the broader market's direction remained closely tied to BTC. The Fear & Greed reading of 53 (Neutral) is consistent with that defensive tone.

Market snapshot: Bitcoin, Ether and the leading cryptocurrencies

Top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization — snapshot at Oct 18, 2026, 08:02 (Asia/Kathmandu, UTC+05:45). Source: CoinLore. 24h change = rolling 24 hours ending at the retrieval time. Not live prices.
AssetPrice (USD)24h changeMarket cap24h volume
Bitcoin BTC$81,634.060.00%$1.63T$13.25B
Ethereum ETH$2,407.15−0.77%$294.57B$5.15B
Tether USDT$0.9997+0.04%$183.20B$28.57B
Binance Coin BNB$719.28−0.34%$100.11B$373.48M
XRP XRP$1.30−0.94%$77.45B$738.76M
USD Coin USDC$1.00−0.04%$74.05B$4.77B
Solana SOL$103.42−1.29%$56.17B$1.15B
TRON TRX$0.3336−0.59%$31.58B$235.98M
Hyperliquid HYPE$78.62−1.85%$26.25B$363.14M
Staked Ether STETH$2,402.54−0.73%$20.55B$4.10M
Zcash ZEC$1,135.52−1.56%$18.43B$624.93M
Ethena USDe USDE$1.000.00%$14.08B$4.70M
Dogecoin DOGE$0.07920−1.42%$13.32B$341.59M
Monero XMR$589.43+5.84%$10.87B$164.02M
Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC$81,222.22+0.05%$10.35B$11.63M
Wrapped Beacon ETH WBETH$2,667.30−0.73%$8.71B$7.52M
WETH WETH$2,405.63−0.30%$8.12B$5.61M
ChainLink LINK$11.94−3.29%$8.10B$163.84M
Cardano ADA$0.2196−2.37%$7.86B$154.14M
NEAR Protocol NEAR$4.93−3.11%$6.16B$509.34M

Bitcoin and Ether price charts

Bitcoin price, 24 hours (USD)Stored hourly points, reporting window to 08:02 Kathmandu time
$80.8K$81K$81.3K$81.5K$81.8K Oct 17, 08:45 Oct 18, 08:02 Oct 17, 08:45: $81,582.61Oct 17, 09:45: $81,557.58Oct 17, 10:45: $81,596.10Oct 17, 11:45: $81,602.05Oct 17, 12:45: $81,706.39Oct 17, 13:45: $81,684.68Oct 17, 14:45: $81,663.81Oct 17, 15:45: $81,641.40Oct 17, 16:45: $81,560.48Oct 17, 17:45: $81,508.72Oct 17, 18:45: $81,389.00Oct 17, 19:45: $81,488.00Oct 17, 20:45: $81,473.41Oct 17, 21:45: $81,286.12Oct 17, 22:45: $81,305.86Oct 17, 23:45: $81,463.00Oct 18, 00:45: $81,611.17Oct 18, 01:45: $81,613.00Oct 18, 02:45: $80,996.00Oct 18, 03:45: $81,315.63Oct 18, 04:45: $81,340.10Oct 18, 05:45: $81,478.34Oct 18, 06:45: $81,712.41Oct 18, 07:45: $81,634.06Oct 18, 08:02: $81,634.06
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TimeValue
Oct 17, 08:45$81,582.61
Oct 17, 09:45$81,557.58
Oct 17, 10:45$81,596.10
Oct 17, 11:45$81,602.05
Oct 17, 12:45$81,706.39
Oct 17, 13:45$81,684.68
Oct 17, 14:45$81,663.81
Oct 17, 15:45$81,641.40
Oct 17, 16:45$81,560.48
Oct 17, 17:45$81,508.72
Oct 17, 18:45$81,389.00
Oct 17, 19:45$81,488.00
Oct 17, 20:45$81,473.41
Oct 17, 21:45$81,286.12
Oct 17, 22:45$81,305.86
Oct 17, 23:45$81,463.00
Oct 18, 00:45$81,611.17
Oct 18, 01:45$81,613.00
Oct 18, 02:45$80,996.00
Oct 18, 03:45$81,315.63
Oct 18, 04:45$81,340.10
Oct 18, 05:45$81,478.34
Oct 18, 06:45$81,712.41
Oct 18, 07:45$81,634.06
Oct 18, 08:02$81,634.06
Bitcoin price, 7 days (USD)Coinbase Exchange BTC-USD hourly closes, 7 days to Oct 18, 07:45 Kathmandu time
$80K$82K$84K$86K Oct 11, 08:45 Oct 18, 07:45 Oct 11, 08:45: $83,012.00Oct 11, 09:45: $82,737.33Oct 11, 10:45: $82,934.37Oct 11, 11:45: $82,963.04Oct 11, 12:45: $83,081.97Oct 11, 13:45: $82,941.07Oct 11, 14:45: $82,956.58Oct 11, 15:45: $82,961.12Oct 11, 16:45: $82,915.66Oct 11, 17:45: $83,074.47Oct 11, 18:45: $83,017.27Oct 11, 19:45: $82,991.75Oct 11, 20:45: $83,046.82Oct 11, 21:45: $83,818.50Oct 11, 22:45: $83,816.37Oct 11, 23:45: $83,737.00Oct 12, 00:45: $83,595.19Oct 12, 01:45: $83,575.32Oct 12, 02:45: $83,586.66Oct 12, 03:45: $83,442.20Oct 12, 04:45: $83,550.02Oct 12, 05:45: $83,678.29Oct 12, 06:45: $83,862.20Oct 12, 07:45: $83,564.97Oct 12, 08:45: $83,739.69Oct 12, 09:45: $83,504.71Oct 12, 10:45: $84,032.82Oct 12, 11:45: $83,911.93Oct 12, 12:45: $84,124.99Oct 12, 13:45: $83,903.70Oct 12, 14:45: $83,415.01Oct 12, 15:45: $83,463.33Oct 12, 16:45: $83,418.72Oct 12, 17:45: $83,317.30Oct 12, 18:45: $82,676.91Oct 12, 19:45: $82,874.59Oct 12, 20:45: $82,489.67Oct 12, 21:45: $82,630.21Oct 12, 22:45: $82,406.83Oct 12, 23:45: $82,395.96Oct 13, 00:45: $82,331.71Oct 13, 01:45: $82,762.91Oct 13, 02:45: $82,985.48Oct 13, 03:45: $82,470.13Oct 13, 04:45: $82,050.43Oct 13, 05:45: $81,742.50Oct 13, 06:45: $81,338.53Oct 13, 07:45: $82,350.22Oct 13, 08:45: $82,823.67Oct 13, 09:45: $83,229.76Oct 13, 10:45: $83,351.48Oct 13, 11:45: $83,576.02Oct 13, 12:45: $83,667.58Oct 13, 13:45: $83,760.50Oct 13, 14:45: $83,485.62Oct 13, 15:45: $83,531.44Oct 13, 16:45: $83,247.11Oct 13, 17:45: $83,250.07Oct 13, 18:45: $83,259.44Oct 13, 19:45: $83,163.93Oct 13, 20:45: $83,426.63Oct 13, 21:45: $83,337.53Oct 13, 22:45: $83,284.92Oct 13, 23:45: $83,001.03Oct 14, 00:45: $83,066.26Oct 14, 01:45: $83,206.49Oct 14, 02:45: $83,331.51Oct 14, 03:45: $83,461.97Oct 14, 04:45: $83,456.84Oct 14, 05:45: $83,101.99Oct 14, 06:45: $83,343.68Oct 14, 07:45: $83,247.55Oct 14, 08:45: $83,571.53Oct 14, 09:45: $83,626.70Oct 14, 10:45: $83,670.80Oct 14, 11:45: $83,386.28Oct 14, 12:45: $83,345.49Oct 14, 13:45: $83,487.03Oct 14, 14:45: $83,344.63Oct 14, 15:45: $83,158.55Oct 14, 16:45: $83,389.60Oct 14, 17:45: $83,387.40Oct 14, 18:45: $82,650.84Oct 14, 19:45: $82,242.02Oct 14, 20:45: $81,869.35Oct 14, 21:45: $81,545.28Oct 14, 22:45: $81,924.09Oct 14, 23:45: $81,499.99Oct 15, 00:45: $81,621.18Oct 15, 01:45: $81,721.33Oct 15, 02:45: $81,676.73Oct 15, 03:45: $81,671.29Oct 15, 04:45: $81,539.02Oct 15, 05:45: $81,566.29Oct 15, 06:45: $81,556.30Oct 15, 07:45: $81,540.15Oct 15, 08:45: $81,415.75Oct 15, 09:45: $80,811.75Oct 15, 10:45: $81,492.72Oct 15, 11:45: $80,487.48Oct 15, 12:45: $80,786.39Oct 15, 13:45: $81,432.02Oct 15, 14:45: $81,270.54Oct 15, 15:45: $81,161.26Oct 15, 16:45: $80,934.64Oct 15, 17:45: $80,882.90Oct 15, 18:45: $80,445.43Oct 15, 19:45: $80,104.03Oct 15, 20:45: $81,779.85Oct 15, 21:45: $82,332.51Oct 15, 22:45: $82,022.55Oct 15, 23:45: $82,338.94Oct 16, 00:45: $82,315.16Oct 16, 01:45: $82,299.26Oct 16, 02:45: $82,022.80Oct 16, 03:45: $82,337.71Oct 16, 04:45: $82,363.02Oct 16, 05:45: $82,131.46Oct 16, 06:45: $82,230.99Oct 16, 07:45: $81,974.82Oct 16, 08:45: $81,934.14Oct 16, 09:45: $82,008.17Oct 16, 10:45: $82,057.76Oct 16, 11:45: $82,052.16Oct 16, 12:45: $82,073.07Oct 16, 13:45: $82,186.20Oct 16, 14:45: $82,139.32Oct 16, 15:45: $81,931.88Oct 16, 16:45: $82,111.96Oct 16, 17:45: $82,528.99Oct 16, 18:45: $81,942.77Oct 16, 19:45: $81,910.12Oct 16, 20:45: $81,864.57Oct 16, 21:45: $81,242.09Oct 16, 22:45: $81,334.00Oct 16, 23:45: $81,090.02Oct 17, 00:45: $81,030.75Oct 17, 01:45: $81,477.48Oct 17, 02:45: $81,611.71Oct 17, 03:45: $81,561.29Oct 17, 04:45: $81,676.87Oct 17, 05:45: $81,500.04Oct 17, 06:45: $81,443.09Oct 17, 07:45: $81,420.71Oct 17, 08:45: $81,352.03Oct 17, 09:45: $81,440.67Oct 17, 10:45: $81,416.36Oct 17, 11:45: $81,454.06Oct 17, 12:45: $81,513.74Oct 17, 13:45: $81,620.51Oct 17, 14:45: $81,604.67Oct 17, 15:45: $81,487.00Oct 17, 16:45: $81,525.71Oct 17, 17:45: $81,458.11Oct 17, 18:45: $81,408.28Oct 17, 19:45: $81,381.79Oct 17, 20:45: $81,480.32Oct 17, 21:45: $81,242.50Oct 17, 22:45: $81,150.47Oct 17, 23:45: $81,269.59Oct 18, 00:45: $81,388.04Oct 18, 01:45: $81,484.84Oct 18, 02:45: $81,545.19Oct 18, 03:45: $81,041.38Oct 18, 04:45: $81,257.37Oct 18, 05:45: $81,378.21Oct 18, 06:45: $81,432.26Oct 18, 07:45: $81,558.84
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TimeValue
Oct 11, 08:45$83,012.00
Oct 11, 09:45$82,737.33
Oct 11, 10:45$82,934.37
Oct 11, 11:45$82,963.04
Oct 11, 12:45$83,081.97
Oct 11, 13:45$82,941.07
Oct 11, 14:45$82,956.58
Oct 11, 15:45$82,961.12
Oct 11, 16:45$82,915.66
Oct 11, 17:45$83,074.47
Oct 11, 18:45$83,017.27
Oct 11, 19:45$82,991.75
Oct 11, 20:45$83,046.82
Oct 11, 21:45$83,818.50
Oct 11, 22:45$83,816.37
Oct 11, 23:45$83,737.00
Oct 12, 00:45$83,595.19
Oct 12, 01:45$83,575.32
Oct 12, 02:45$83,586.66
Oct 12, 03:45$83,442.20
Oct 12, 04:45$83,550.02
Oct 12, 05:45$83,678.29
Oct 12, 06:45$83,862.20
Oct 12, 07:45$83,564.97
Oct 12, 08:45$83,739.69
Oct 12, 09:45$83,504.71
Oct 12, 10:45$84,032.82
Oct 12, 11:45$83,911.93
Oct 12, 12:45$84,124.99
Oct 12, 13:45$83,903.70
Oct 12, 14:45$83,415.01
Oct 12, 15:45$83,463.33
Oct 12, 16:45$83,418.72
Oct 12, 17:45$83,317.30
Oct 12, 18:45$82,676.91
Oct 12, 19:45$82,874.59
Oct 12, 20:45$82,489.67
Oct 12, 21:45$82,630.21
Oct 12, 22:45$82,406.83
Oct 12, 23:45$82,395.96
Oct 13, 00:45$82,331.71
Oct 13, 01:45$82,762.91
Oct 13, 02:45$82,985.48
Oct 13, 03:45$82,470.13
Oct 13, 04:45$82,050.43
Oct 13, 05:45$81,742.50
Oct 13, 06:45$81,338.53
Oct 13, 07:45$82,350.22
Oct 13, 08:45$82,823.67
Oct 13, 09:45$83,229.76
Oct 13, 10:45$83,351.48
Oct 13, 11:45$83,576.02
Oct 13, 12:45$83,667.58
Oct 13, 13:45$83,760.50
Oct 13, 14:45$83,485.62
Oct 13, 15:45$83,531.44
Oct 13, 16:45$83,247.11
Oct 13, 17:45$83,250.07
Oct 13, 18:45$83,259.44
Oct 13, 19:45$83,163.93
Oct 13, 20:45$83,426.63
Oct 13, 21:45$83,337.53
Oct 13, 22:45$83,284.92
Oct 13, 23:45$83,001.03
Oct 14, 00:45$83,066.26
Oct 14, 01:45$83,206.49
Oct 14, 02:45$83,331.51
Oct 14, 03:45$83,461.97
Oct 14, 04:45$83,456.84
Oct 14, 05:45$83,101.99
Oct 14, 06:45$83,343.68
Oct 14, 07:45$83,247.55
Oct 14, 08:45$83,571.53
Oct 14, 09:45$83,626.70
Oct 14, 10:45$83,670.80
Oct 14, 11:45$83,386.28
Oct 14, 12:45$83,345.49
Oct 14, 13:45$83,487.03
Oct 14, 14:45$83,344.63
Oct 14, 15:45$83,158.55
Oct 14, 16:45$83,389.60
Oct 14, 17:45$83,387.40
Oct 14, 18:45$82,650.84
Oct 14, 19:45$82,242.02
Oct 14, 20:45$81,869.35
Oct 14, 21:45$81,545.28
Oct 14, 22:45$81,924.09
Oct 14, 23:45$81,499.99
Oct 15, 00:45$81,621.18
Oct 15, 01:45$81,721.33
Oct 15, 02:45$81,676.73
Oct 15, 03:45$81,671.29
Oct 15, 04:45$81,539.02
Oct 15, 05:45$81,566.29
Oct 15, 06:45$81,556.30
Oct 15, 07:45$81,540.15
Oct 15, 08:45$81,415.75
Oct 15, 09:45$80,811.75
Oct 15, 10:45$81,492.72
Oct 15, 11:45$80,487.48
Oct 15, 12:45$80,786.39
Oct 15, 13:45$81,432.02
Oct 15, 14:45$81,270.54
Oct 15, 15:45$81,161.26
Oct 15, 16:45$80,934.64
Oct 15, 17:45$80,882.90
Oct 15, 18:45$80,445.43
Oct 15, 19:45$80,104.03
Oct 15, 20:45$81,779.85
Oct 15, 21:45$82,332.51
Oct 15, 22:45$82,022.55
Oct 15, 23:45$82,338.94
Oct 16, 00:45$82,315.16
Oct 16, 01:45$82,299.26
Oct 16, 02:45$82,022.80
Oct 16, 03:45$82,337.71
Oct 16, 04:45$82,363.02
Oct 16, 05:45$82,131.46
Oct 16, 06:45$82,230.99
Oct 16, 07:45$81,974.82
Oct 16, 08:45$81,934.14
Oct 16, 09:45$82,008.17
Oct 16, 10:45$82,057.76
Oct 16, 11:45$82,052.16
Oct 16, 12:45$82,073.07
Oct 16, 13:45$82,186.20
Oct 16, 14:45$82,139.32
Oct 16, 15:45$81,931.88
Oct 16, 16:45$82,111.96
Oct 16, 17:45$82,528.99
Oct 16, 18:45$81,942.77
Oct 16, 19:45$81,910.12
Oct 16, 20:45$81,864.57
Oct 16, 21:45$81,242.09
Oct 16, 22:45$81,334.00
Oct 16, 23:45$81,090.02
Oct 17, 00:45$81,030.75
Oct 17, 01:45$81,477.48
Oct 17, 02:45$81,611.71
Oct 17, 03:45$81,561.29
Oct 17, 04:45$81,676.87
Oct 17, 05:45$81,500.04
Oct 17, 06:45$81,443.09
Oct 17, 07:45$81,420.71
Oct 17, 08:45$81,352.03
Oct 17, 09:45$81,440.67
Oct 17, 10:45$81,416.36
Oct 17, 11:45$81,454.06
Oct 17, 12:45$81,513.74
Oct 17, 13:45$81,620.51
Oct 17, 14:45$81,604.67
Oct 17, 15:45$81,487.00
Oct 17, 16:45$81,525.71
Oct 17, 17:45$81,458.11
Oct 17, 18:45$81,408.28
Oct 17, 19:45$81,381.79
Oct 17, 20:45$81,480.32
Oct 17, 21:45$81,242.50
Oct 17, 22:45$81,150.47
Oct 17, 23:45$81,269.59
Oct 18, 00:45$81,388.04
Oct 18, 01:45$81,484.84
Oct 18, 02:45$81,545.19
Oct 18, 03:45$81,041.38
Oct 18, 04:45$81,257.37
Oct 18, 05:45$81,378.21
Oct 18, 06:45$81,432.26
Oct 18, 07:45$81,558.84
Ether price, 24 hours (USD)Stored hourly points, reporting window to 08:02 Kathmandu time
$2,375$2,400$2,425$2,450 Oct 17, 08:45 Oct 18, 08:02 Oct 17, 08:45: $2,428.03Oct 17, 09:45: $2,428.05Oct 17, 10:45: $2,428.44Oct 17, 11:45: $2,433.56Oct 17, 12:45: $2,436.11Oct 17, 13:45: $2,433.70Oct 17, 14:45: $2,434.48Oct 17, 15:45: $2,438.16Oct 17, 16:45: $2,435.58Oct 17, 17:45: $2,429.00Oct 17, 18:45: $2,420.58Oct 17, 19:45: $2,424.86Oct 17, 20:45: $2,414.75Oct 17, 21:45: $2,406.52Oct 17, 22:45: $2,408.38Oct 17, 23:45: $2,415.71Oct 18, 00:45: $2,418.74Oct 18, 01:45: $2,419.31Oct 18, 02:45: $2,376.14Oct 18, 03:45: $2,392.27Oct 18, 04:45: $2,393.25Oct 18, 05:45: $2,401.88Oct 18, 06:45: $2,411.70Oct 18, 07:45: $2,407.15Oct 18, 08:02: $2,407.15
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TimeValue
Oct 17, 08:45$2,428.03
Oct 17, 09:45$2,428.05
Oct 17, 10:45$2,428.44
Oct 17, 11:45$2,433.56
Oct 17, 12:45$2,436.11
Oct 17, 13:45$2,433.70
Oct 17, 14:45$2,434.48
Oct 17, 15:45$2,438.16
Oct 17, 16:45$2,435.58
Oct 17, 17:45$2,429.00
Oct 17, 18:45$2,420.58
Oct 17, 19:45$2,424.86
Oct 17, 20:45$2,414.75
Oct 17, 21:45$2,406.52
Oct 17, 22:45$2,408.38
Oct 17, 23:45$2,415.71
Oct 18, 00:45$2,418.74
Oct 18, 01:45$2,419.31
Oct 18, 02:45$2,376.14
Oct 18, 03:45$2,392.27
Oct 18, 04:45$2,393.25
Oct 18, 05:45$2,401.88
Oct 18, 06:45$2,411.70
Oct 18, 07:45$2,407.15
Oct 18, 08:02$2,407.15
Ether price, 7 days (USD)Coinbase Exchange ETH-USD hourly closes, 7 days to Oct 18, 07:45 Kathmandu time
$2,300$2,400$2,500$2,600 Oct 11, 08:45 Oct 18, 07:45 Oct 11, 08:45: $2,508.26Oct 11, 09:45: $2,497.32Oct 11, 10:45: $2,504.69Oct 11, 11:45: $2,501.78Oct 11, 12:45: $2,503.61Oct 11, 13:45: $2,498.41Oct 11, 14:45: $2,498.46Oct 11, 15:45: $2,500.20Oct 11, 16:45: $2,498.33Oct 11, 17:45: $2,503.66Oct 11, 18:45: $2,502.49Oct 11, 19:45: $2,500.05Oct 11, 20:45: $2,505.42Oct 11, 21:45: $2,532.99Oct 11, 22:45: $2,547.67Oct 11, 23:45: $2,535.48Oct 12, 00:45: $2,532.52Oct 12, 01:45: $2,533.91Oct 12, 02:45: $2,535.15Oct 12, 03:45: $2,527.03Oct 12, 04:45: $2,531.07Oct 12, 05:45: $2,534.22Oct 12, 06:45: $2,543.40Oct 12, 07:45: $2,539.18Oct 12, 08:45: $2,544.73Oct 12, 09:45: $2,543.05Oct 12, 10:45: $2,563.87Oct 12, 11:45: $2,561.65Oct 12, 12:45: $2,568.12Oct 12, 13:45: $2,561.57Oct 12, 14:45: $2,549.48Oct 12, 15:45: $2,557.70Oct 12, 16:45: $2,553.36Oct 12, 17:45: $2,543.57Oct 12, 18:45: $2,529.36Oct 12, 19:45: $2,539.25Oct 12, 20:45: $2,521.02Oct 12, 21:45: $2,527.22Oct 12, 22:45: $2,511.08Oct 12, 23:45: $2,508.82Oct 13, 00:45: $2,510.83Oct 13, 01:45: $2,518.04Oct 13, 02:45: $2,516.04Oct 13, 03:45: $2,487.71Oct 13, 04:45: $2,463.70Oct 13, 05:45: $2,444.30Oct 13, 06:45: $2,419.01Oct 13, 07:45: $2,461.54Oct 13, 08:45: $2,488.02Oct 13, 09:45: $2,505.62Oct 13, 10:45: $2,514.67Oct 13, 11:45: $2,528.35Oct 13, 12:45: $2,531.41Oct 13, 13:45: $2,526.08Oct 13, 14:45: $2,515.21Oct 13, 15:45: $2,511.82Oct 13, 16:45: $2,495.93Oct 13, 17:45: $2,497.37Oct 13, 18:45: $2,502.09Oct 13, 19:45: $2,499.82Oct 13, 20:45: $2,514.42Oct 13, 21:45: $2,513.75Oct 13, 22:45: $2,510.08Oct 13, 23:45: $2,498.26Oct 14, 00:45: $2,506.37Oct 14, 01:45: $2,505.24Oct 14, 02:45: $2,508.31Oct 14, 03:45: $2,510.09Oct 14, 04:45: $2,509.01Oct 14, 05:45: $2,495.83Oct 14, 06:45: $2,505.46Oct 14, 07:45: $2,503.78Oct 14, 08:45: $2,511.75Oct 14, 09:45: $2,511.14Oct 14, 10:45: $2,512.50Oct 14, 11:45: $2,500.88Oct 14, 12:45: $2,502.37Oct 14, 13:45: $2,508.60Oct 14, 14:45: $2,503.04Oct 14, 15:45: $2,494.55Oct 14, 16:45: $2,504.72Oct 14, 17:45: $2,502.09Oct 14, 18:45: $2,473.91Oct 14, 19:45: $2,449.87Oct 14, 20:45: $2,431.80Oct 14, 21:45: $2,427.13Oct 14, 22:45: $2,446.18Oct 14, 23:45: $2,428.77Oct 15, 00:45: $2,428.89Oct 15, 01:45: $2,427.93Oct 15, 02:45: $2,414.04Oct 15, 03:45: $2,417.20Oct 15, 04:45: $2,415.68Oct 15, 05:45: $2,418.66Oct 15, 06:45: $2,415.93Oct 15, 07:45: $2,410.62Oct 15, 08:45: $2,377.31Oct 15, 09:45: $2,357.07Oct 15, 10:45: $2,380.60Oct 15, 11:45: $2,346.52Oct 15, 12:45: $2,355.16Oct 15, 13:45: $2,376.87Oct 15, 14:45: $2,371.07Oct 15, 15:45: $2,372.50Oct 15, 16:45: $2,365.07Oct 15, 17:45: $2,360.39Oct 15, 18:45: $2,347.21Oct 15, 19:45: $2,337.74Oct 15, 20:45: $2,394.23Oct 15, 21:45: $2,438.14Oct 15, 22:45: $2,431.93Oct 15, 23:45: $2,443.76Oct 16, 00:45: $2,448.76Oct 16, 01:45: $2,450.36Oct 16, 02:45: $2,451.51Oct 16, 03:45: $2,459.15Oct 16, 04:45: $2,453.15Oct 16, 05:45: $2,439.45Oct 16, 06:45: $2,438.56Oct 16, 07:45: $2,430.12Oct 16, 08:45: $2,436.07Oct 16, 09:45: $2,436.81Oct 16, 10:45: $2,441.83Oct 16, 11:45: $2,444.01Oct 16, 12:45: $2,446.29Oct 16, 13:45: $2,451.73Oct 16, 14:45: $2,454.56Oct 16, 15:45: $2,447.42Oct 16, 16:45: $2,462.07Oct 16, 17:45: $2,474.52Oct 16, 18:45: $2,459.59Oct 16, 19:45: $2,455.48Oct 16, 20:45: $2,456.27Oct 16, 21:45: $2,427.75Oct 16, 22:45: $2,428.69Oct 16, 23:45: $2,408.02Oct 17, 00:45: $2,403.19Oct 17, 01:45: $2,409.22Oct 17, 02:45: $2,412.86Oct 17, 03:45: $2,412.77Oct 17, 04:45: $2,422.06Oct 17, 05:45: $2,419.92Oct 17, 06:45: $2,419.69Oct 17, 07:45: $2,416.69Oct 17, 08:45: $2,418.80Oct 17, 09:45: $2,424.26Oct 17, 10:45: $2,422.52Oct 17, 11:45: $2,425.14Oct 17, 12:45: $2,429.68Oct 17, 13:45: $2,431.45Oct 17, 14:45: $2,432.63Oct 17, 15:45: $2,433.32Oct 17, 16:45: $2,436.05Oct 17, 17:45: $2,430.74Oct 17, 18:45: $2,423.43Oct 17, 19:45: $2,420.25Oct 17, 20:45: $2,424.50Oct 17, 21:45: $2,407.08Oct 17, 22:45: $2,400.66Oct 17, 23:45: $2,408.73Oct 18, 00:45: $2,412.92Oct 18, 01:45: $2,415.62Oct 18, 02:45: $2,418.86Oct 18, 03:45: $2,377.93Oct 18, 04:45: $2,390.50Oct 18, 05:45: $2,399.68Oct 18, 06:45: $2,403.04Oct 18, 07:45: $2,405.25
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TimeValue
Oct 11, 08:45$2,508.26
Oct 11, 09:45$2,497.32
Oct 11, 10:45$2,504.69
Oct 11, 11:45$2,501.78
Oct 11, 12:45$2,503.61
Oct 11, 13:45$2,498.41
Oct 11, 14:45$2,498.46
Oct 11, 15:45$2,500.20
Oct 11, 16:45$2,498.33
Oct 11, 17:45$2,503.66
Oct 11, 18:45$2,502.49
Oct 11, 19:45$2,500.05
Oct 11, 20:45$2,505.42
Oct 11, 21:45$2,532.99
Oct 11, 22:45$2,547.67
Oct 11, 23:45$2,535.48
Oct 12, 00:45$2,532.52
Oct 12, 01:45$2,533.91
Oct 12, 02:45$2,535.15
Oct 12, 03:45$2,527.03
Oct 12, 04:45$2,531.07
Oct 12, 05:45$2,534.22
Oct 12, 06:45$2,543.40
Oct 12, 07:45$2,539.18
Oct 12, 08:45$2,544.73
Oct 12, 09:45$2,543.05
Oct 12, 10:45$2,563.87
Oct 12, 11:45$2,561.65
Oct 12, 12:45$2,568.12
Oct 12, 13:45$2,561.57
Oct 12, 14:45$2,549.48
Oct 12, 15:45$2,557.70
Oct 12, 16:45$2,553.36
Oct 12, 17:45$2,543.57
Oct 12, 18:45$2,529.36
Oct 12, 19:45$2,539.25
Oct 12, 20:45$2,521.02
Oct 12, 21:45$2,527.22
Oct 12, 22:45$2,511.08
Oct 12, 23:45$2,508.82
Oct 13, 00:45$2,510.83
Oct 13, 01:45$2,518.04
Oct 13, 02:45$2,516.04
Oct 13, 03:45$2,487.71
Oct 13, 04:45$2,463.70
Oct 13, 05:45$2,444.30
Oct 13, 06:45$2,419.01
Oct 13, 07:45$2,461.54
Oct 13, 08:45$2,488.02
Oct 13, 09:45$2,505.62
Oct 13, 10:45$2,514.67
Oct 13, 11:45$2,528.35
Oct 13, 12:45$2,531.41
Oct 13, 13:45$2,526.08
Oct 13, 14:45$2,515.21
Oct 13, 15:45$2,511.82
Oct 13, 16:45$2,495.93
Oct 13, 17:45$2,497.37
Oct 13, 18:45$2,502.09
Oct 13, 19:45$2,499.82
Oct 13, 20:45$2,514.42
Oct 13, 21:45$2,513.75
Oct 13, 22:45$2,510.08
Oct 13, 23:45$2,498.26
Oct 14, 00:45$2,506.37
Oct 14, 01:45$2,505.24
Oct 14, 02:45$2,508.31
Oct 14, 03:45$2,510.09
Oct 14, 04:45$2,509.01
Oct 14, 05:45$2,495.83
Oct 14, 06:45$2,505.46
Oct 14, 07:45$2,503.78
Oct 14, 08:45$2,511.75
Oct 14, 09:45$2,511.14
Oct 14, 10:45$2,512.50
Oct 14, 11:45$2,500.88
Oct 14, 12:45$2,502.37
Oct 14, 13:45$2,508.60
Oct 14, 14:45$2,503.04
Oct 14, 15:45$2,494.55
Oct 14, 16:45$2,504.72
Oct 14, 17:45$2,502.09
Oct 14, 18:45$2,473.91
Oct 14, 19:45$2,449.87
Oct 14, 20:45$2,431.80
Oct 14, 21:45$2,427.13
Oct 14, 22:45$2,446.18
Oct 14, 23:45$2,428.77
Oct 15, 00:45$2,428.89
Oct 15, 01:45$2,427.93
Oct 15, 02:45$2,414.04
Oct 15, 03:45$2,417.20
Oct 15, 04:45$2,415.68
Oct 15, 05:45$2,418.66
Oct 15, 06:45$2,415.93
Oct 15, 07:45$2,410.62
Oct 15, 08:45$2,377.31
Oct 15, 09:45$2,357.07
Oct 15, 10:45$2,380.60
Oct 15, 11:45$2,346.52
Oct 15, 12:45$2,355.16
Oct 15, 13:45$2,376.87
Oct 15, 14:45$2,371.07
Oct 15, 15:45$2,372.50
Oct 15, 16:45$2,365.07
Oct 15, 17:45$2,360.39
Oct 15, 18:45$2,347.21
Oct 15, 19:45$2,337.74
Oct 15, 20:45$2,394.23
Oct 15, 21:45$2,438.14
Oct 15, 22:45$2,431.93
Oct 15, 23:45$2,443.76
Oct 16, 00:45$2,448.76
Oct 16, 01:45$2,450.36
Oct 16, 02:45$2,451.51
Oct 16, 03:45$2,459.15
Oct 16, 04:45$2,453.15
Oct 16, 05:45$2,439.45
Oct 16, 06:45$2,438.56
Oct 16, 07:45$2,430.12
Oct 16, 08:45$2,436.07
Oct 16, 09:45$2,436.81
Oct 16, 10:45$2,441.83
Oct 16, 11:45$2,444.01
Oct 16, 12:45$2,446.29
Oct 16, 13:45$2,451.73
Oct 16, 14:45$2,454.56
Oct 16, 15:45$2,447.42
Oct 16, 16:45$2,462.07
Oct 16, 17:45$2,474.52
Oct 16, 18:45$2,459.59
Oct 16, 19:45$2,455.48
Oct 16, 20:45$2,456.27
Oct 16, 21:45$2,427.75
Oct 16, 22:45$2,428.69
Oct 16, 23:45$2,408.02
Oct 17, 00:45$2,403.19
Oct 17, 01:45$2,409.22
Oct 17, 02:45$2,412.86
Oct 17, 03:45$2,412.77
Oct 17, 04:45$2,422.06
Oct 17, 05:45$2,419.92
Oct 17, 06:45$2,419.69
Oct 17, 07:45$2,416.69
Oct 17, 08:45$2,418.80
Oct 17, 09:45$2,424.26
Oct 17, 10:45$2,422.52
Oct 17, 11:45$2,425.14
Oct 17, 12:45$2,429.68
Oct 17, 13:45$2,431.45
Oct 17, 14:45$2,432.63
Oct 17, 15:45$2,433.32
Oct 17, 16:45$2,436.05
Oct 17, 17:45$2,430.74
Oct 17, 18:45$2,423.43
Oct 17, 19:45$2,420.25
Oct 17, 20:45$2,424.50
Oct 17, 21:45$2,407.08
Oct 17, 22:45$2,400.66
Oct 17, 23:45$2,408.73
Oct 18, 00:45$2,412.92
Oct 18, 01:45$2,415.62
Oct 18, 02:45$2,418.86
Oct 18, 03:45$2,377.93
Oct 18, 04:45$2,390.50
Oct 18, 05:45$2,399.68
Oct 18, 06:45$2,403.04
Oct 18, 07:45$2,405.25

Charts show the stored snapshot this edition was built from (Oct 18, 2026, 08:02 (Asia/Kathmandu, UTC+05:45)); prices in US dollars, changes in percent. Hover or tap a mark for its value; each chart has a data table.

Market heatmap and top gainers and losers

Top 10 cryptocurrencies — market heatmapTile area = market capitalization (USD); colour = 24h change (blue up, red down, ±8% = full intensity)
Bitcoin (BTC): 0.00%, market cap $1.63T BTC0.00%Ethereum (ETH): −0.77%, market cap $294.57B ETH−0.77%Tether (USDT): +0.04%, market cap $183.20B USDT+0.04%Binance Coin (BNB): −0.34%, market cap $100.11B XRP (XRP): −0.94%, market cap $77.45B XRP−0.94%USD Coin (USDC): −0.04%, market cap $74.05B USDC−0.04%Solana (SOL): −1.29%, market cap $56.17B SOL−1.29%TRON (TRX): −0.59%, market cap $31.58B Hyperliquid (HYPE): −1.85%, market cap $26.25B Staked Ether (STETH): −0.73%, market cap $20.55B
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AssetMarket cap24h change
Bitcoin (BTC)$1.63T0.00%
Ethereum (ETH)$294.57B−0.77%
Tether (USDT)$183.20B+0.04%
Binance Coin (BNB)$100.11B−0.34%
XRP (XRP)$77.45B−0.94%
USD Coin (USDC)$74.05B−0.04%
Solana (SOL)$56.17B−1.29%
TRON (TRX)$31.58B−0.59%
Hyperliquid (HYPE)$26.25B−1.85%
Staked Ether (STETH)$20.55B−0.73%
Top gainers and losers (24h %)top 100 assets by market capitalization, stablecoins excluded
XMR Monero (XMR): +5.84%, $589.43 +5.84%SPX SPX6900 (SPX): +4.26%, $0.3734 +4.26%HBAR Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR): +1.59%, $0.08575 +1.59%BDX Beldex (BDX): +1.18%, $0.07593 +1.18%CAKE PancakeSwap (CAKE): +0.82%, $2.20 +0.82%TIA Celestia (TIA): −11.07%, $0.6316 −11.07%PYTH Pyth Network (PYTH): −9.40%, $0.07835 −9.40%FIL Filecoin (FIL): −8.60%, $1.06 −8.60%APT Aptos (APT): −6.54%, $0.7901 −6.54%XTZ Tezos (XTZ): −6.49%, $0.2994 −6.49%
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Asset24h change
Monero (XMR)+5.84%
SPX6900 (SPX)+4.26%
Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR)+1.59%
Beldex (BDX)+1.18%
PancakeSwap (CAKE)+0.82%
Celestia (TIA)−11.07%
Pyth Network (PYTH)−9.40%
Filecoin (FIL)−8.60%
Aptos (APT)−6.54%
Tezos (XTZ)−6.49%

Ranked by 24-hour change among the top 100 assets by market capitalization, stablecoins excluded (90 assets with a reported 24-hour change).

Top gainers (24h)
AssetPrice (USD)24h changeMarket cap24h volume
Monero XMR$589.43+5.84%$10.87B$164.02M
SPX6900 SPX$0.3734+4.26%$347.63M$7.68M
Hedera Hashgraph HBAR$0.08575+1.59%$3.64B$64.88M
Beldex BDX$0.07593+1.18%$557.73M$1.09M
PancakeSwap CAKE$2.20+0.82%$759.07M$29.82M
Top losers (24h)
AssetPrice (USD)24h changeMarket cap24h volume
Celestia TIA$0.6316−11.07%$498.12M$117.99M
Pyth Network PYTH$0.07835−9.40%$450.49M$27.56M
Filecoin FIL$1.06−8.60%$729.76M$153.22M
Aptos APT$0.7901−6.54%$554.63M$58.44M
Tezos XTZ$0.2994−6.49%$317.19M$4.18M

Total market capitalization and trading volume

Market totals. Global figures: CoinLore; asset figures: CoinLore. “Vs previous report” compares with the 2026-10-17 02:17 UTC snapshot.
MetricValue24h changeVs previous report
Total crypto market capitalization$2.70 trillion−0.17%−0.13%
Total 24h trading volume$62.96 billionn/a−73.90%
Bitcoin market capitalization$1.63 trillion0.00%−0.01%
Ether market capitalization$294.57 billion−0.77%−0.78%

Bitcoin dominance and market sentiment

Measured: Bitcoin accounted for 60.40% of total crypto market capitalization and Ether for 10.91% (Bitcoin dominance +0.11 pts versus the previous report). The Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 53 out of 100 (“Neutral”), compared with 55 (“Greed”) at the previous report. The index is published once per day by Alternative.me.

Total crypto market cap (USD)Daily values from this site's stored snapshots (CoinLore), up to 15 days
$2.68T$2.69T$2.70T$2.71T Oct 16 Oct 18 Oct 16: $2.70TOct 17: $2.68TOct 18: $2.70T
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TimeValue
Oct 16$2.70T
Oct 17$2.68T
Oct 18$2.70T
Bitcoin dominance (% of total market cap)Daily values from this site's stored snapshots (CoinLore), up to 15 days
60.20%60.30%60.40%60.50%60.60% Oct 16 Oct 18 Oct 16: 60.27%Oct 17: 60.52%Oct 18: 60.40%
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TimeValue
Oct 1660.27%
Oct 1760.52%
Oct 1860.40%
Fear & Greed Index (0–100)Daily values, Alternative.me · 0 = extreme fear, 100 = extreme greed
0255075100 2026-10-05: 70 (Greed)2026-10-06: 73 (Greed)2026-10-07: 71 (Greed)2026-10-08: 64 (Greed)2026-10-09: 59 (Greed)2026-10-10: 64 (Greed)2026-10-11: 61 (Greed)2026-10-12: 69 (Greed)2026-10-13: 57 (Greed)2026-10-14: 62 (Greed)2026-10-15: 53 (Neutral)2026-10-16: 63 (Greed)2026-10-17: 55 (Greed)2026-10-18: 53 (Neutral) 53 2026-10-05 2026-10-18
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Date (UTC)Index (0–100)
2026-10-0570 (Greed)
2026-10-0673 (Greed)
2026-10-0771 (Greed)
2026-10-0864 (Greed)
2026-10-0959 (Greed)
2026-10-1064 (Greed)
2026-10-1161 (Greed)
2026-10-1269 (Greed)
2026-10-1357 (Greed)
2026-10-1462 (Greed)
2026-10-1553 (Neutral)
2026-10-1663 (Greed)
2026-10-1755 (Greed)
2026-10-1853 (Neutral)

Important crypto news and developments

Headlines published by the monitored crypto outlets during the reporting window, verified for source, link and publication time. Summaries are not reproduced — follow the links for the original reporting.

What moved the market: major price movements and possible contributing factors

Measured: significant changes under this report's fixed thresholds:

  • 6.67% of tracked assets rose — an unusually one-sided session.
Infographic: What moved the crypto market: a broad decline — Bitcoin vs Ether 24-hour change, market breadth, share of the move from the two largest assets, verified facts and unconfirmed possible factors
Visual explainer generated from this edition's validated data. Headlines are shown as possible factors only; causation is not established.

Measured: the session was a broad decline.

  • Bitcoin 0.00% and Ether −0.77% over 24 hours (gap −0.77 pts)
  • 6 of 90 tracked assets rose, 82 fell
  • BTC + ETH contributed 30.2% of the top-100 market-cap change
  • Biggest gainer: Monero +5.84%
  • Biggest loser: Celestia −11.07%

Possible contributing factors (not confirmed): these verified headlines were published in the same window; the data does not establish that any of them caused the moves.

  • Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut — CoinDesk
  • Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Pours Millions More Into Defeating Sherrod Brown — Decrypt
  • Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed — Decrypt

Liquidation totals are not available from a verified source and are not shown.

Analysis: No asset in the top 20 moved by 8% or more, so the period's price action was driven by broad-market movement rather than isolated breakouts. The verified headlines listed below were published during the same window and are possible contributing factors; this report does not claim that any single story caused the moves.

Technical reference levels

Reference levels from Coinbase Exchange daily candles (window ending 2026-10-17 23:59 UTC).
Pair7-day low (support)7-day high (resistance)20-day average closeLast daily close
BTC-USD$79,676.02$84,261.99$83,403.26$81,378.21
ETH-USD$2,313.07$2,576.89$2,571.46$2,399.68

Method: Support and resistance are the lowest low and highest high of the last 7 completed daily candles on the Coinbase Exchange USD-quoted spot pair; the trend reference is the simple average of the last 20 daily closes. These are descriptive reference levels, not forecasts.

Bullish, neutral and bearish scenarios

Scenarios are conditional interpretation, not forecasts.

Bullish scenario

Analysis: A constructive read would require Bitcoin to reclaim its 20-day average close of $83,403.26 and clear the 7-day high of $84,261.99, ideally with improving breadth across large-cap assets.

Neutral scenario

Analysis: A range-bound scenario sees Bitcoin oscillating between the 7-day low of $79,676.02 and the 7-day high of $84,261.99, with dominance near 60.40% and no decisive change in sentiment.

Bearish scenario

Analysis: A weaker scenario would involve Bitcoin losing the 7-day low of $79,676.02, which would put the current neutral sentiment under pressure and typically weighs hardest on smaller assets.

Key risks and upcoming events

Analysis: Bitcoin traded in a 1.35% range over the window (Coinbase Exchange BTC/USD), a reminder that intraday swings can be large. Regulatory announcements, exchange incidents and large liquidations can move prices quickly and are not captured by these figures until they happen. This report has no verified events calendar connected, so no scheduled events are listed.

Market outlook for the next 24 hours

Analysis: For the next 24 hours, the measured reference points are Bitcoin relative to $79,676.02 and $84,261.99, whether breadth (6 of 90 rising) improves or fades, and how the stories listed above develop. No price prediction is made.

Tomorrow's crypto trading plan

Session covered: Oct 18, 08:02 → Oct 19, 08:00 Nepal time (2026-10-18 02:17 UTC → 2026-10-19 02:15 UTC). Candle data as of: 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC. Crypto trades around the clock, so “tomorrow” means the period until the next daily edition. This is decision support built from closed candles fetched for this edition — not a signal service, and it never places orders.

Market bias: neutral (Bitcoin neutral, Ether neutral, 6.7% of tracked assets up). Overall: Selective: act only if the stated confirmation conditions occur.

Infographic: Tomorrow's Crypto Trading Plan for Oct 18, 08:02 to Oct 19, 08:00 Nepal time — BTC and ETH trend summaries, decisions per asset with conditional entry and invalidation levels, Bitcoin scenarios and a risk warning
Generated from the validated trading plan below; every number was checked against the plan before publication. Conditional levels only — not financial advice.

Buy / sell / watch table

Levels are conditional reference points from closed candles (venue and pair per row). Support/resistance are reference zones; entry, invalidation and targets (“—” otherwise) are only published for a defensible setup. Confidence describes evidence quality, not a win probability.
AssetPriceDirectionDecisionEntry / confirmationSupportResistanceInvalidationTargetsR:RHoldingConfidence
BTC BTC-USD$81,538.19neutralNO TRADENo entry$79,852.22–$80,314.70$84,261.99————n/a
ETH ETH-USD$2,403.60neutralNO TRADENo entry$1,942.00–$1,979.00$2,546.54–$2,576.89————n/a
SOL SOL-USD$103.35neutralNO TRADENo entry$95.71–$98.00$105.62–$107.36————n/a
XRP XRP-USD$1.29neutralNO TRADENo entry$1.25$1.31–$1.32————n/a
DOGE DOGE-USD$0.07908bearishPotential SELL / REDUCEDaily close below $0.06762$0.06762–$0.07553$0.08801$0.07450$0.05387 / $0.04699 (projection)2.00 : 11–5 daysRelatively Strong (79/100)
LINK LINK-USD$11.94neutralNO TRADENo entry$10.61–$10.91$12.06–$12.09————n/a

Asset-by-asset analysis and scenarios

BTC — NO TRADE

Why: Timeframes disagree (alignment +0/4) — no edge; waiting is preferable to a weak trade.

Main risk: A sudden directional break with news; no position means no exposure to it.

Evidence (Coinbase Exchange BTC-USD, mid of best bid/ask, data 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC): trend 1h flat · 4h down · 1d flat · 1w up; daily RSI(14) 46.1; daily MACD histogram -526.8622; ATR(14) $2,182.06 (2.68% of price); volume 0.36× the 20-day average; 7-day range $79,676.02–$84,261.99; spread 0.000%.

  • Bullish: if there is a daily close above $84,261.99 (top of the resistance zone) with volume confirmation, an upward setup would be confirmed; invalidation $80,988.91; next resistance $87,249.05.
  • Bearish: a daily close below $79,852.22 (bottom of the support zone) would support a bearish case; invalidation $83,125.30; next support $76,845.71.
  • Neutral: if price stays between $80,314.70 and $84,261.99 without a confirmed close outside that range, waiting is preferable.

Spot: no new positions; the data does not support an action today. Derivatives: no long or short setup.

Derivatives context (OKX perpetual swaps, BTC-USDT-SWAP): funding rate 0.0075% per interval; open interest $2.49B. Liquidation totals: not available from a verified source.

ETH — NO TRADE

Why: Timeframes disagree (alignment -1/4) — no edge; waiting is preferable to a weak trade.

Main risk: A sudden directional break with news; no position means no exposure to it.

Evidence (Coinbase Exchange ETH-USD, mid of best bid/ask, data 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC): trend 1h down · 4h down · 1d flat · 1w up; daily RSI(14) 37.1; daily MACD histogram -27.9337; ATR(14) $96.80 (4.03% of price); volume 0.36× the 20-day average; 7-day range $2,313.07–$2,576.89; spread 0.007%.

  • Bullish: if there is a daily close above $2,576.89 (top of the resistance zone) with volume confirmation, an upward setup would be confirmed; invalidation $2,431.69; next resistance $2,626.94.
  • Bearish: a daily close below $1,942.00 (bottom of the support zone) would support a bearish case; invalidation $2,087.20; next support $1,851.45.
  • Neutral: if price stays between $1,979.00 and $2,546.54 without a confirmed close outside that range, waiting is preferable.

Spot: no new positions; the data does not support an action today. Derivatives: no long or short setup.

Derivatives context (OKX perpetual swaps, ETH-USDT-SWAP): funding rate 0.0027% per interval; open interest $1.38B. Liquidation totals: not available from a verified source.

SOL — NO TRADE

Why: Timeframes disagree (alignment -1/4) — no edge; waiting is preferable to a weak trade.

Main risk: A sudden directional break with news; no position means no exposure to it.

Evidence (Coinbase Exchange SOL-USD, mid of best bid/ask, data 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC): trend 1h down · 4h down · 1d flat · 1w up; daily RSI(14) 37.3; daily MACD histogram -1.8499; ATR(14) $5.11 (4.94% of price); volume 0.39× the 20-day average; 7-day range $100.43–$113.26; spread 0.010%.

  • Bullish: if there is a daily close above $107.36 (top of the resistance zone) with volume confirmation, an upward setup would be confirmed; invalidation $99.70; next resistance $110.65.
  • Bearish: a daily close below $95.71 (bottom of the support zone) would support a bearish case; invalidation $103.37; next support $83.91.
  • Neutral: if price stays between $98.00 and $105.62 without a confirmed close outside that range, waiting is preferable.

Spot: no new positions; the data does not support an action today. Derivatives: no long or short setup.

XRP — NO TRADE

Why: Timeframes disagree (alignment -1/4) — no edge; waiting is preferable to a weak trade.

Main risk: A sudden directional break with news; no position means no exposure to it.

Evidence (Coinbase Exchange XRP-USD, mid of best bid/ask, data 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC): trend 1h down · 4h down · 1d flat · 1w up; daily RSI(14) 34.7; daily MACD histogram -0.0200; ATR(14) $0.06665 (5.15% of price); volume 0.54× the 20-day average; 7-day range $1.27–$1.43; spread 0.008%.

  • Bullish: if there is a daily close above $1.32 (top of the resistance zone) with volume confirmation, an upward setup would be confirmed; invalidation $1.22; next resistance $1.36.
  • Bearish: a daily close below $1.25 (bottom of the support zone) would support a bearish case; invalidation $1.35; next support $1.18.
  • Neutral: if price stays between $1.25 and $1.31 without a confirmed close outside that range, waiting is preferable.

Spot: no new positions; the data does not support an action today. Derivatives: no long or short setup.

DOGE — Potential SELL / REDUCE · entry daily close below $0.06762

Why: Bearish structure (3/4 timeframes down) testing support at $0.06762–$0.07553.

Main risk: A short squeeze or a reclaim of the support zone; shorts carry leverage and liquidation risk.

Evidence (Coinbase Exchange DOGE-USD, mid of best bid/ask, data 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC): trend 1h down · 4h down · 1d down · 1w flat; daily RSI(14) 35.2; daily MACD histogram -0.0013; ATR(14) $0.004585 (5.80% of price); volume 0.52× the 20-day average; 7-day range $0.07695–$0.08801; spread 0.013%.

  • Bullish: if there is a daily close above $0.08801 (top of the resistance zone) with volume confirmation, an upward setup would be confirmed; invalidation $0.08113; next resistance $0.09035.
  • Bearish: a daily close below $0.06762 (bottom of the support zone) would support a bearish case; invalidation $0.07450; no lower zone in the window, so no downside target is published.
  • Neutral: if price stays between $0.07553 and $0.08801 without a confirmed close outside that range, waiting is preferable.

Spot: no new buys; existing holders could consider reducing exposure if the breakdown is confirmed. Derivatives: a short only after a confirmed breakdown and failed retest — not appropriate for every reader. Shorts can be squeezed; leverage and liquidation risk apply. The sizing example implies 0.10× exposure relative to the example account.

Illustrative position size (example account $10,000.00, risking 1.00% = $100.00): fills assumed at $0.06759 entry / $0.07453 stop after 0.05% slippage, plus 0.10% fees per side → risk per unit $0.007090 → about 14,104.13 DOGE ($953.24 notional). A stop can fill at a worse price in fast markets.

LINK — NO TRADE

Why: Timeframes disagree (alignment -1/4) — no edge; waiting is preferable to a weak trade.

Main risk: A sudden directional break with news; no position means no exposure to it.

Evidence (Coinbase Exchange LINK-USD, mid of best bid/ask, data 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC): trend 1h down · 4h down · 1d flat · 1w up; daily RSI(14) 40.1; daily MACD histogram -0.2381; ATR(14) $0.7573 (6.34% of price); volume 0.33× the 20-day average; 7-day range $11.75–$13.75; spread 0.017%.

  • Bullish: if there is a daily close above $12.09 (top of the resistance zone) with volume confirmation, an upward setup would be confirmed; invalidation $10.95; next resistance $12.61.
  • Bearish: a daily close below $10.61 (bottom of the support zone) would support a bearish case; invalidation $11.75; next support $9.74.
  • Neutral: if price stays between $10.91 and $12.06 without a confirmed close outside that range, waiting is preferable.

Spot: no new positions; the data does not support an action today. Derivatives: no long or short setup.

Method, confidence and backtest

  • SMA(n): arithmetic mean of the last n closing prices.
  • EMA(n): exponential moving average with α = 2/(n+1), seeded with the SMA of the first n closes.
  • RSI(14): Wilder-smoothed average gain ÷ average loss over 14 closed candles; RSI = 100 − 100/(1 + RS).
  • MACD(12,26,9): EMA(12) − EMA(26) of closes; signal line = EMA(9) of MACD; histogram = MACD − signal.
  • ATR(14): Wilder-smoothed true range, where true range = max(high − low, |high − previous close|, |low − previous close|).
  • Volume confirmation: last closed daily volume ÷ 20-day average daily volume (≥ 1.2 counts as confirmation).
  • 4-hour candles are built from four consecutive 1-hour candles on UTC 4-hour boundaries; weekly candles from seven daily candles starting Monday 00:00 UTC. Incomplete buckets are discarded.
  • Support/resistance zones: daily pivot highs/lows (a candle whose high/low is the extreme of the 3 candles on each side) over the last 120 closed days, clustered when within 0.5 × daily ATR; the nearest zone below/above the current price is used.
  • Trend per timeframe: up when close > EMA(20) > EMA(50); down when close < EMA(20) < EMA(50); otherwise flat. When fewer than 50 candles exist, EMA(20) and its 5-candle slope are used.
  • Bias: bullish when at least 2 of 4 timeframes (1h, 4h, 1d, 1w) trend up net of those trending down, the daily trend is up and the daily MACD histogram is positive; bearish is the mirror image; anything else is neutral.
  • Breakout long: bullish bias and price within 1.5 × daily ATR of the nearest resistance zone. Trigger = a daily close above the zone top with volume ≥ 1.2 × the 20-day average; preferred entry on a retest of the zone. Invalidation = 1.5 × ATR below the trigger, or 0.25 × ATR under a support zone inside that distance.
  • Pullback long: bullish bias, price within 1 × ATR of the nearest support zone and daily RSI below 70. Entry zone = support top to support top + 0.5 × ATR; invalidation = 0.75 × ATR below the support zone.
  • Breakdown (spot: reduce; derivatives: short): bearish bias and price within 1.5 × ATR of the nearest support zone. Trigger = a daily close below the zone bottom; invalidation = 1.5 × ATR above the trigger, or 0.25 × ATR above a resistance zone inside that distance.
  • Targets are the next support/resistance zones. When no zone exists in the 120-day window the target is a 2R / 3R projection and is labelled as such.
  • A setup whose reward-to-risk to the first target is below the configured minimum is downgraded to WATCH. Daily RSI above 75 (longs) or below 25 (shorts) also downgrades to WATCH (extended move).
  • NO TRADE when: candles are stale (daily older than 36 h, hourly older than 3 h) or incomplete; the venue price differs from the primary data provider by more than the cross-check limit; daily ATR exceeds the configured % of price; or the bid/ask spread exceeds the configured limit.

Confidence score: Data freshness & completeness (up to 20): all four timeframes fresh and computable = 20; one missing = 10; more = 0; Trend alignment (up to 25): share of the 4 timeframes agreeing with the setup direction × 25; Volume confirmation (up to 15): daily volume ≥ 1.2 × 20-day average = 15; ≥ 0.9 × = 7; otherwise 0; Signal agreement (up to 15): daily RSI in the setup's healthy band (50–70 long, 30–50 short) and MACD histogram in the setup direction: 7.5 each; Volatility (up to 10): daily ATR between 1.5% and 6% of price = 10; otherwise 5; above the NO-TRADE limit = 0; Liquidity (up to 10): bid/ask spread ≤ 0.05% = 10; ≤ limit = 5; unknown = 3; News conflict (-10): −10 when a verified headline about the asset reports a hack, exploit, lawsuit, delisting or outage; Historical evidence (up to 5): +5 only when the out-of-sample backtest has ≥ 20 trades and positive expectancy after costs; otherwise 0. Score < 45 = Low · 45–69 = Moderate · ≥ 70 = Relatively Strong. Categories describe the quality of the evidence, not the probability that a trade will be profitable.

Backtest: Walk-forward on daily candles: signal when a daily close breaks a resistance (long) or support (short) zone computed only from prior candles, with the daily trend in the same direction and volume ≥ 1.2 × the 20-day average. Entry at the next daily open ± slippage; stop 1.5 × ATR from the broken level; target = next zone or 2R; exit at stop, target, or the close of day 10. Fees on both sides. When stop and target are both inside one daily range the stop is assumed first. First 70% of the history is in-sample, the last 30% out-of-sample. Pooled across BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, LINK: in-sample 22 trades, 59.1% winners, 0.02R average; out-of-sample 26 trades, 65.4% winners, 0.04R average, after 0.10% fees and 0.05% slippage per side. Expectancy after costs was positive in-sample (0.02R) and out-of-sample (0.04R over 26 trades). Past results do not guarantee future results.

Position sizing: risk amount = account equity × risk %; long quantity = risk ÷ (entry − stop); short quantity = risk ÷ (stop − entry), using slippage-adjusted fills and fees on both sides. The 1.00% example is an illustrative setting, not a recommendation for every reader.

Data sources and methodology

Reporting date: October 18, 2026 (Asia/Kathmandu). Reporting period: 2026-10-17 02:17 UTC – 2026-10-18 02:17 UTC (rolling 24 hours ending at the retrieval time). Data retrieved: Oct 18, 2026, 08:02 (Asia/Kathmandu, UTC+05:45). Currency: US dollars. Data status: snapshot — the figures above are not live and are not updated in this text after publication.

Figures are validated before publication: required fields, timestamps no older than the configured limit, plausible ranges, consistency between the asset and global data, and an independent cross-check of Bitcoin and Ether prices against a major exchange (Coinbase Exchange for this edition). If validation fails, no update is published and the previous edition stays online. Previous edition: Crypto Market Daily Update — October 17, 2026. More coverage: crypto news and live prices, Bitcoin, Ethereum.

Images: no AI illustration was available (no AI image passed the symbol/text check (or generation failed)); the featured image is a data graphic built from the validated figures.

Tomorrow's Crypto Market Outlook: Buy, Sell or Watch?

  1. Overall market bias: neutral.
  2. Strongest evidence-supported setups: DOGE potential sell / reduce — daily close below $0.06762, invalidation $0.07450 (Relatively Strong confidence).
  3. Watchlist: no assets on watch.
  4. What would invalidate the outlook: A daily close below Bitcoin's nearest support zone would invalidate a constructive outlook ($79,852.22).
  5. Key zones: BTC support $79,852.22–$80,314.70, resistance $84,261.99; ETH support $1,942.00–$1,979.00, resistance $2,546.54–$2,576.89.
  6. Scheduled events and news risks: Circle defends USDC economics as stablecoin rivals court its partners with bigger cut (CoinDesk). No verified economic calendar is connected, so scheduled macro events are not listed.
  7. Risk management: define the trigger, invalidation and position size before entering; risk a small, fixed share of capital per idea (the example uses 1.00%); avoid leverage you cannot sustain through a stop that fills late.
  8. Trade or wait: Selective: act only if the stated confirmation conditions occur.

This analysis is informational, not personalized financial advice. Cryptocurrency prices are volatile, trading can result in substantial losses, and no forecast is guaranteed.

Risk disclaimer: cryptocurrency prices are highly volatile and can fall sharply. This report is published for information only. It is not financial, investment, tax or legal advice, not an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any asset, and it makes no price predictions or guarantees. Figures come from the third-party data providers listed above, may differ between providers and may be delayed. Do your own research and consider independent professional advice before making financial decisions.