Celestia and injective lead altcoin gains as bitcoin (BTC) price holds near $82,000
Summary
Bitcoin traded near $82,100 after recovering from an early dip to $81,600, remaining above Thursday’s brief fall below $80,000. Ether and broader altcoin indexes rose modestly, with Celestia gaining 16%, Injective 7.7% and LayerZero 7.3%. Asian stocks rebounded, while U.S. futures were little changed. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh offered no signal on the central bank’s next meeting; market-implied odds of an October rate hike fell to about 15% from 30%.
