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Bitcoin slides below $82,000 as AI doubts return, with DeFi tokens leading declines
CoinDesk · Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:50:04 GMT
Hype 9/100 · Market impact 10/100 · Breaking 57/100
Tags: BTC, DEFI
A decline of up to 2.9% took Bitcoin to about $81,600 amid weaker Nasdaq futures, while the CoinDesk 80 was down 3.5% and the DeFi index dropped 6%.
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