Crypto market report · 2026-10-20

BTC closed the 24 hours to midnight ET at $82,788 (+1.11%), with a 2.63% high-to-low range. ETH closed at $2,446 (+1.73%), range 4.23%. A quiet day on RektChat: no trades were closed.

BTC and ETH, 24 hours to midnight ET

Market	Open	High	Low	Close	Change	Range
BTC	$81,876	$83,339	$81,200	$82,788	+1.11%	2.63%
ETH	$2,404	$2,475	$2,375	$2,446	+1.73%	4.23%

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Headlines

Solana’s Alpenglow, its biggest network overhaul since 2020, goes live Wednesday (CoinDesk)
A company that vouches for websites had secret keys so weak that 8 of them were cracked (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin hovers around $83,000 as AI earnings revive tech, ZEC jumps 11% (CoinDesk)
U.S. CFTC sets agenda for AI forum, exploring trading and agentic finance (CoinDesk)
Tech giants rush to block 8 eMudhra certs that could enable fake sites (Cointelegraph)
Musk says SpaceX-Tesla merger a ‘good idea’ as AI revenue jumps ninefold (Cointelegraph)
Qubic restarts blockchain, opens recovery claims after $1.4M hack (Cointelegraph)
Utah AG sues Kalshi, pursues profits from prediction market company (Cointelegraph)

Numbers are RektChat's own index (median of Coinbase, Kraken and Bitstamp) and the game's settled results. Virtual funds only.