🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Bitcoin holds above $80,000 as Asian stock rout drags altcoins lower
BitcoinBTC$80,972.85is trading at $81,200, down around 0.5% since midnight UTC after trimming a 1% loss from earlier in the session, with buyers stepping in just above $80,000 at around 02:30 UTC, close to the Oct. 8 low of about $80,300.
Asian equities set the tone, with South Korea’s Kospi plunging 8% and triggering circuit breakers while Nasdaq 100 index futures slid about 1%, extending Wednesday’s 1.9% drop in the Nasdaq Composite.
Altcoins took the heavier losses, with etherETH$2,361.14down 2.0% near $2,370. The CoinDesk 80 (CD80) slid by 2.2% while the bitcoin-dominant CoinDesk 5 (CD5) lost around 0.7%.
The bigger moves were apparent across lower market cap tokens, with pump.funPUMP$0.004259falling by 9.4% as the CoinDesk Memecoin Index lost 4.0%, leaving all but six CD100 members lower.
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BitcoinBTC$80,972.85is trading at $81,200, down around 0.5% since midnight UTC after trimming a 1% loss from earlier in the session, with buyers stepping in just above $80,000 at around 02:30 UTC, close to the Oct. 8 low of about $80,300.
Asian equities set the tone, with South Korea’s Kospi plunging 8% and triggering circuit breakers while Nasdaq 100 index futures slid about 1%, extending Wednesday’s 1.9% drop in the Nasdaq Composite.
Altcoins took the heavier losses, with etherETH$2,361.14down 2.0% near $2,370. The CoinDesk 80 (CD80) slid by 2.2% while the bitcoin-dominant CoinDesk 5 (CD5) lost around 0.7%.
The bigger moves were apparent across lower market cap tokens, with pump.funPUMP$0.004259falling by 9.4% as the CoinDesk Memecoin Index lost 4.0%, leaving all but six CD100 members lower.
🔗 [Đọc toàn bộ bài viết tại bản gốc](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/15/bitcoin-holds-above-usd80-000-as-an-asian-stock-rout-drags-altcoins-lower)
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