Bitcoin falls to $81K, with nearly $700M in positions liquidated over the past 24 hours

A slew of altcoins that surged a few days ago have now plunged:
• $STRK -30%
• $ENA -15%, $NEAR and $APT -14%
• $WLD and $ICP -12%, $ARB -11%

Looking at other assets: gold remains stuck at $4K1, while U.S. stocks closed mixed as investors await September CPI inflation data at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow (14/10).