CoinDesk’s Oct. 23, 2026 article reports bitcoin rising 0.5% since midnight UTC to around $81,700 as altcoins rebounded after Thursday’s technology-led selloff. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded Thursday outflows, while crypto futures activity cooled and open interest rebuilt modestly. The article interprets derivatives positioning as improving for bitcoin but describes stronger downside concern in ether options. Conflicting index returns, pepe gains and embedded bitcoin prices limit precision, and option volumes do not establish whether contracts were bought or sold.
CoinDesk interprets derivatives data as a bullish reset with modest position rebuilding and easing bitcoin downside concern.
CoinDeskBitcoin rose 0.5% since midnight UTC to around $81,700; an embedded $84,459.46 quote has unspecified timing.
CoinDeskEther rose 0.9% and memecoins gained 2.9%; CoinDesk 80 gains conflict at 1.4% and 0.7%.
CoinDeskSoSoValue reported $635 million of U.S. spot bitcoin ETF outflows Thursday, after more than $1 billion of inflows over the week's first three days.
CoinDeskCrypto futures volume fell 19% over 24 hours, liquidations dropped 23%, and open interest rose 1%.
CoinDeskBitcoin funding rose to 0.0067% from 0.0041%; ether funding was flat. Funding intervals are unspecified.
CoinDeskThe article interprets one-week skew as easing bitcoin downside concern and increasing ether concern; option volumes do not identify buying versus selling.
CoinDeskPepe gains conflict at 13% and 14%; the article identifies no clear catalyst.
CoinDeskThe article characterizes improving OI-adjusted cumulative volume delta as a bullish reset.
CoinDeskLimitation: Ether skew indicates greater downside concern, while option volumes do not establish buying versus selling.
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