Bitcoin Climbs to $82,849 as Crypto Market Cap Falls 1.48%

Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.95% to $82,849 at 5:05 p.m. ET (21:05 UTC) Oct. 20, diverging from a 1.48% drop in total crypto market capitalization. The market’s combined value was $2.79 trillion, with $81.57 billion in trading volume over 24 hours. Bitcoin accounted for 59.5% of that value, compared with 10.7% for Ether (ETH). Bitcoin’s price and total crypto market capitalization were above their levels during the Oct. 18 market decline , when Bitcoin traded at $80,967 and total crypto market value stood at $2.70 trillion. Other major assets gained over the latest 24-hour period.