Bitcoin leads crypto gains as Ether and Solana slip

Where prices stand

CoinGecko showed as of Oct 13, 17:59 UTC that Bitcoin was $83,008.00 and rose 0.70% over 24 hours, the largest mover among the tracked coins. CoinGecko showed Ether was $2,498.67 and fell 0.44% over 24 hours, Solana was $107.13 and fell 0.51% over 24 hours, and XRP was $1.3600 and rose 0.19% over 24 hours.

Trend check

MarketAlleys trend signals list all four coins as neutral. Bitcoin shows RSI(14) 54.4 with a last close of 83690.87 above the SMA50 80939.57 and long SMA 71972.18. Ether has RSI(14) 44.5 with a last close of 2534.63 below the SMA50 2555.98 but above the long SMA 2133.31; Solana has RSI(14) 46.8 with a last close of 111.25 above the SMA50 108.88 and long SMA 86.81; XRP has RSI(14) 45.4 with a last close of 1.4090 below the SMA50 1.4312 but above the long SMA 1.2801.

Trend status is a rules-based classification of moving averages and MACD on daily closes (as of Oct 12, 22:41 UTC); it is not a recommendation.

In the news

CoinDesk reported a story about a UK crypto trader saying almost $800,000 was lost in a knife attack. Cointelegraph published three items: one on Strive’s $208M in warrant exercises and its 32,773 BTC holdings, one on how a change in the SEC’s quorum rules could affect crypto rulemaking, and one on bitcoin price action pressing on $84K as US stocks skirt a Korea tech sell-off.

• UK crypto trader says almost $800,000 lost in knife attack as wrench attacks proliferate — CoinDesk, Oct 13, 15:24 UTC
• Strive reports $208M in warrant exercises as Bitcoin holdings jump 11% — Cointelegraph, Oct 13, 15:57 UTC
• How the SEC’s lack of leadership could facilitate crypto rulemaking — Cointelegraph, Oct 13, 16:51 UTC
• Bitcoin keeps up pressure on $84K as US stocks skirt Korea tech sell-off — Cointelegraph, Oct 13, 15:27 UTC

Sources and data

• CoinDesk (secondary source) — UK crypto trader says almost $800,000 lost in knife attack as wrench attacks proliferate
• Cointelegraph (secondary source) — Strive reports $208M in warrant exercises as Bitcoin holdings jump 11%
• Finnhub (market data) — market data
• CoinGecko (market data) — market data

Market data as of Oct 13, 18:00 UTC; report generated Oct 13, 18:00 UTC. All times are UTC. Each table row shows its own timestamp and provider.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools from the sources listed above, and checked against our automated-content validation rules. It is for information only and is not investment advice.