Bitcoin at $82,336, Ether at $2,468: crypto prices today, October 16, 2026

Bitcoin traded at about $82,336 on Coinbase early Friday, up 2.4% over 24 hours and 0.3% lower than a week ago. Ether was at $2,468, up 5.2% on the day and down 0.7% on the week. The bounce follows Thursday's brief drop below $80,000, Bitcoin's first in a month, CoinDesk reported.

Prices at a glance

Coin	Price	24 hours	7 days
Bitcoin (BTC)	$82,336	+2.4%	-0.3%
Ether (ETH)	$2,468	+5.2%	-0.7%
Solana (SOL)	$106.17	+4.5%	-2.6%
XRP	$1.341	+3.4%	-3.8%
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.0821	+3.3%	-3.8%
Cardano (ADA)	$0.2304	+5.2%	-5.1%
Chainlink (LINK)	$12.63	+5.9%	-1.3%
Avalanche (AVAX)	$10.26	+7.8%	-0.7%

Coinbase Exchange prices at about 8:10 AM ET on October 16. The 24-hour change compares the latest trade with the price 24 hours earlier. The 7-day change compares it with the October 9 daily close (UTC).

A bounce, and what is under it

On Coinbase's tape Bitcoin's 24-hour range ran from $79,676 to $82,831, a spread of about 4%. CoinDesk's derivatives read was that the rebound has little new long positioning behind it: Bitcoin's open interest rose 0.3% against a 1% price gain, which CoinDesk took to mean shorts closing rather than fresh buyers. Liquidations fell to $311 million from nearly $1 billion a day earlier, and the 30-day Bitcoin implied volatility index (BVIV) slipped to 38% from 42%.

Fund flows were less supportive. Citing SoSoValue data, CoinDesk said U.S. Bitcoin ETFs drew a net $5 million on Thursday after a $261 million outflow on Wednesday, while Ether funds shed about $60 million and Solana funds lost nearly $10 million, their ninth straight day of withdrawals. CoinDesk noted that a second straight day of Bitcoin ETF inflows would be the first sign of buyers behind the bounce.

Warsh gives no signal

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh declined to say what the central bank will do at its October 27-28 meeting, CNBC reported from the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok. "I don't prejudge meetings," he said. The Fed raised rates to 3.75%-4% last month, its first hike since 2023. CNBC cited CME FedWatch pricing a 72.3% chance of no change in October, with most traders expecting a quarter-point hike in December. CoinDesk put the odds of an October hike at about 15%, down from nearly 45% right after Wednesday's CPI report. The 10-year Treasury yield was up 2.9 basis points at 5.12%, CoinDesk reported. See the 10-year yield chart.

Altcoin pockets

CoinDesk said Celestia (TIA) rose 16% to about $0.68, a 2026 high and a gain of about 59% over four weeks, which it linked to a throughput benchmark for Celestia Fibre and a proposed economic upgrade. For Injective, CoinDesk wrote that there was "no obvious, overriding narrative" for its 7.7% gain, though three U.S. ETF applications tied to the token are pending. It also reported that Zcash (ZEC) jumped about 11% even as its only U.S. ETF lost about $15 million on Thursday. We read no explanation in the coverage for why Cardano is still down 5.1% on the week, and we will not guess at one.

What traders are watching

• ETF flows, and whether Bitcoin funds log a second straight day of inflows.
• $80,000, the level Bitcoin broke below Thursday and the most traded Bitcoin option on Deribit, per CoinDesk.
• The October 27-28 Fed meeting, with Warsh offering no forward guidance.

For the previous report, see October 14. For the biggest weekly gainers, see crypto movers, live crypto prices and meme coins.

Sources: Coinbase Exchange price data; CoinDesk; CNBC. Crypto assets are volatile. Information, not investment advice.