The crypto market closed October 17 with a downward tilt across most leading pairs. The Fear & Greed index stood at 55, labeled “Greed”, and Bitcoin’s dominance remained at 59.5 %, indicating that the bulk of capital is still anchored in the flagship coin.
The sharpest decline came from DOT/USDT, priced at 1.114 and down -4.87 % over the past 24 hours, classified as volatile. LINK/USDT followed with a price of 11.968 and a drop of -3.11 %, also under a volatile regime. ADA/USDT fell -2.84 % to 0.2193, remaining in the same volatility category.
Other assets posted milder losses. DOGE/USDT, ranging, slipped -2.28 % to 0.07916, while AVAX/USDT decreased -2.13 % to 9.751 under volatility. XRP/USDT, also ranging, lost -1.57 % and traded at 1.2908. The pairs with bullish regimes were ETH/USDT (2395.83, -1.17 %), SOL/USDT (103.24, -1.08 %), BNB/USDT (716.68, -0.8 %) and BTC/USDT (81305.69, -0.52 %).
Overall, the day displayed a broad-based bearish pressure, with the three biggest drops concentrated in layer‑1 and oracle tokens, while the main layer‑1 leaders and the reference coin kept losses limited.