Bitcoin holds $81,562 after ETFs lose $635 million in a day: crypto prices today, October 23, 2026

Bitcoin traded at about $81,562 on Coinbase early Friday, down 0.1% over 24 hours and up 0.1% on the week. Ether was at $2,397, flat on the day and down 0.9% over seven days. The big coins barely moved overnight, but the weekly column shows a split: Avalanche is down 7.7% and Cardano 3.9%, while Solana and XRP are roughly unchanged.

Prices at a glance

Coin	Price	24 hours	7 days
Bitcoin (BTC)	$81,562	-0.1%	+0.1%
Ether (ETH)	$2,397	0.0%	-0.9%
Solana (SOL)	$104.30	0.0%	0.0%
XRP	$1.3179	-0.4%	+0.6%
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.08010	+1.0%	-0.9%
Cardano (ADA)	$0.2165	+0.4%	-3.9%
Chainlink (LINK)	$12.06	+0.3%	-2.2%
Avalanche (AVAX)	$9.181	-0.3%	-7.7%

Coinbase Exchange prices at about 8:10 AM ET on October 23. The 24-hour change compares the latest trade with the price 24 hours earlier. The 7-day change compares it with the October 16 daily close (UTC).

A quiet range after a week of swings

CoinDesk reported that bitcoin dipped to about $81,000 late Thursday and then stayed inside a range of less than $1,000, calling it the calmest stretch in days after a week of $3,000 swings. It said bitcoin is still below $82,500, a support level it lost on Thursday. Cointelegraph, citing CoinGecko, put Thursday\'s trading range at $80,996 to $82,551, down from Wednesday\'s intraday high of $84,777.

Our six-month chart shows bitcoin 5.8% below its September 21 peak.

ETF outflows end a three-day inflow streak

According to Cointelegraph, citing SoSoValue data, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $635 million in net outflows on Thursday. That more than erased Wednesday\'s $528 million of inflows, ended a three-day streak that had drawn $1.08 billion, and pushed October\'s net flows to minus $175 million. It was the largest single-day outflow since June 25. The funds still show $443 million of net inflows for the week. Ether ETFs lost about $111 million on Thursday, while XRP ETFs took in about $3.6 million.

Altcoins rebound unevenly

In its morning markets report, CoinDesk said its CD80 altcoin index rose 0.7% to 1.4% depending on the time of its update, memecoins gained 2.9% and pepe jumped 13% to 14%. CoinDesk said the pepe run, 23% over the week, had no clear catalyst. We did not find a cause either, so we are not offering one. Polkadot and Cosmos each rose more than 5%, according to the same report.

Macro: oil, the Fed and yields

CoinDesk said Brent crude touched its highest level since early May, complicating the inflation outlook ahead of the Federal Reserve\'s October 27 to 28 meeting. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.6% on Thursday, its steepest decline since June, according to CoinDesk. The 10-year Treasury yield closed Thursday at 4.96%, down from 5.13% a day earlier, according to the Treasury\'s daily yield curve. CoinDesk noted Treasuries gave back some of that move Friday morning. We did not find a source tying bitcoin\'s range to any single one of these, so we list them side by side. See the 10-year chart.

What traders are watching

• $82,500 and $81,000, the level bitcoin lost on Thursday and the low it touched, per CoinDesk.
• Spot bitcoin ETF flows, after the largest daily outflow since June.
• The Fed meeting on October 27 and 28, with the 10-year yield at 4.96% after Thursday\'s close.

For yesterday\'s prices, see the October 22 report. For the week\'s biggest gainers, see crypto movers, live crypto prices and meme coins.

Sources: Coinbase Exchange price data; U.S. Treasury; Cointelegraph (SoSoValue data); CoinDesk. Crypto assets are volatile. This is market information, not investment advice.