{"id":240829,"date":"2026-10-18T07:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=240829"},"modified":"2026-10-18T07:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:56:01","slug":"btc-eth-xrp-recover-from-a-flash-crash-as-more-volatility-looms-weekend-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=240829","title":{"rendered":"BTC, ETH, XRP Recover From a Flash Crash as More Volatility Looms: Weekend Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The typical weekend sluggishness was briefly disrupted over the past several hours, with BTC dipping by a grand before rebounding just as quickly in what appeared to be a flash crash.<\/p>\n

The altcoins followed suit, many experiencing even more violent volatility during a calm weekend. However, even more fluctuations are expected on Monday.<\/p>\n

BTC Dips and Rebounds<\/h2>\n

The business week began on the right foot for the primary cryptocurrency, with a price surge to $84,250. However, it quickly came to an end as the bears took over and pushed the asset south to $81,000 within hours. Interestingly, the recovery was equally rapid, and BTC knocked on the $84,000 door by Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

It remained close to that level until Wednesday, when the US CPI numbers for September were announced. As inflation appeared slightly higher than expected, BTC dipped to $82,000. A day later, the PPI confirmed this narrative<\/a>, and bitcoin nosedived<\/a> to $80,200 at first, before the bears drove it a step further to a monthly low of $79,800.<\/p>\n

The bounce-off was quite impressive, as the cryptocurrency jumped by several grand almost immediately. It neared $83,000 once again on Friday, but it was halted and remained<\/a> below $82,000 as the weekend began. Then came the aforementioned flash crash<\/a> that saw BTC dip from $81,600 to $80,750, before it jumped to $82,000 and retreated to its starting level.<\/p>\n

Calls for a \u201cBlack Monday\u201d are going viral among analysts online due to several factors, including the broader stock market correction from last week, so more volatility is likely to ensue tomorrow.<\/p>\n

For now, BTC\u2019s market cap remains at $1.630 trillion on CMC, while its dominance over the alts is back at 60%.<\/p>\n

<\/a>BTCUSD October 18. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n

Alts Rebound Too<\/h2>\n

Most larger-cap alts went through a similar flash crash as BTC over the past several hours, but have remained in the red on a daily scale. ETH dipped to $2,360 and now struggles to remain above $2,400. XRP continues its fight with the $1.30 support, currently sitting on the wrong side.<\/p>\n

ZEC, SOL, HYPE, DOGE, TRX, LINK, and ADA are all in the red once again, while XMR, RAIN, and HBAR have posted 3-4% gains. BTW has stolen the show again, rocketing by 17% to $2.43.<\/p>\n

The total crypto market cap is down by 0.2% daily to $2.730 trillion on CMC.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview October 18. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n

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The typical weekend sluggishness was briefly disrupted over the past several hours, with BTC dipping by a grand before rebounding just as quickly in what appeared to be a flash crash. The altcoins followed suit, many experiencing even more violent volatility during a calm weekend. However, even more fluctuations are expected on Monday. BTC Dips […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}