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Crypto Market Recap: 24-Hour Changes
The global crypto market cap rose 0.2% to $2.874 trillion over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin traded at $82,843.31, up 0.1% on the day and up 1.7% over the past week. Ethereum changed hands at $2,442.75, down 0.2% in 24 hours but up 2.7% over seven days. XRP gained 0.8% to $1.35, up 2.1% weekly. Solana slipped 0.7% to $105.51 and is still up 2.1% over seven days. Zcash rose 2.0% to $1,294.75, extending its weekly gain to 16.1%. Hyperliquid fell 3.5% to $78.88 and is down 0.9% on the week. CoinGlass data showed $244 million in liquidations over 24 hours, with shorts accounting for $190 million and longs for $53.9396 million. Pearl led trending searches, up 13.3% to $2.43, and NEAR Protocol rose 1.3% to $5.13. Axis Robotics fell 5.2% to $0.2961, Aerodrome Finance dropped 4.8% to $0.8199 and Pudgy Penguins slipped 0.4% to $0.007946. Among top gainers, Yellow surged 157.5% to $0.1055, Irys climbed 66.7% to $0.02172 and Hippo Protocol rose 41.6% to $0.01089. RealLink gained 37.9% to $0.01074, while Universal High Income added 32.2% to $0.02305. Bitcoin spot ETFs took in $528 million on October 21, their third straight day of net inflows. BlackRock’s IBIT led with $235 million, followed by Fidelity’s FBTC at $213 million. Ethereum spot ETFs ended five days of outflows with $14.955 million in net inflows, and the Zcash ETF ZCSH added $15.1766 million. Bitfinex said Bitcoin remains below the $84,333 average cost basis of ETF investors. The firm expects a range of $81,300 to $84,400 ahead of the October 28 FOMC decision. CME FedWatch puts the probability of an October hold at 83.9%. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said details of two PHP flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, leaked before the October 21 patch. He said confirmed exploitation followed shortly after. The flaws affect servers running WordPress and Magento.