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Bitcoin Bagger: Learn how to bag bargain Bitcoin

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Bitcoin price (US$)

$81,685

-0.65% 24h +27.8% 90d

Market cap: $1.64T
24h volume: $29.11B
Supply issued: 95.71%

Line shows the last 90 days of daily closes. Price from CoinGecko, 16 Oct 2026, 22:23 BST.

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AI brief Claude Haiku 5.5 16 Oct 2026, 21:45 BST

Bitcoin today

Bitcoin, 24h: -0.65%
Fear & Greed: 63 · Greed
ETF flow, 15 Oct: +$16.3m
BTC dominance: 59.4%

Bitcoin was trading at $81,628 on CoinGecko at the time of our latest update, down 0.81% over 24 hours and 1.05% over the week, though still up 7.59% over 30 days.
Against a year earlier it's lower by 25%, and the price sits 35.26% below its all-time high of $126,080.
The Fear and Greed Index reads 63, in the Greed zone, up from 59 a week ago.

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Bitcoin was trading at $81,628 on CoinGecko at the time of our latest update, down 0.81% over 24 hours and 1.05% over the week, though still up 7.59% over 30 days. Against a year earlier it's lower by 25%, and the price sits 35.26% below its all-time high of $126,080. The Fear and Greed Index reads 63, in the Greed zone, up from 59 a week ago. US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in a net $16.2 million on 15 October, but across the five trading days to that date they shed $323.9 million, which is the figure we'd watch most closely. Hot inflation data put Bitcoin under pressure, according to CoinShares via Bitcoin Magazine, which argued the market is difficult rather than bearish. Strategy faces possible index removal under finalised MSCI rules, according to Decrypt. Public companies hold about 1.22 million BTC on our figures, with Strategy the largest at 848,250.

Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of 16 Oct 2026, 21:45 BST. Not financial advice.

Daily wrap for 16 Oct 2026

Price history

Bitcoin over the last 12 months

7d: -0.8%
30d: +7.4%
1y: -24.6%

Daily closes from CoinGecko, fetched 16 Oct 2026, 19:40 BST

All-time high $126,080 on 6 Oct 2025 (-35.2%)

Who holds Bitcoin

3,659,868 BTC in known hands

18.2% of the 20.10 million BTC issued so far

Listed miners hold 99,172 BTC of the public company total. Miners

Holdings checked 16 Oct 2026, 22:25 BST · Bitbo

Market signals

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Ways in

Six ways to own a piece of Bitcoin

Each route carries different risks. Figures update with the market.

Lower

Spot Bitcoin ETFs

Bitcoin through a brokerage account

1,481,621 BTC

+0.1%

held by ETFs worldwide

US spot ETFs, average day move

Tracks the Bitcoin price, minus fees

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Higher

Treasury companies

Listed companies holding Bitcoin

1,220,717 BTC

+1.2%

held by 153 listed companies

US-listed, average day move

Debt and dilution add to Bitcoin risk

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High

Bitcoin miners

Companies that secure the network

99,172 BTC

+2.9%

held by 31 listed miners

US-listed, average day move

Revenue swings with price, hashrate and halvings

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Very high

Futures and leveraged ETFs

Derivatives-based exposure

6 funds

+0.3%

futures, 2x and inverse ETFs tracked

Long funds, average day move

Daily resets and roll costs cause drift

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High

Crypto industry ETFs

Baskets of crypto businesses

7 funds

+1.0%

blockchain and mining equity ETFs

Average day move

Own shares, not Bitcoin

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Varies

Owning Bitcoin directly

Exchange account or your own wallet

21,000,000

-0.6%

fixed maximum supply

Bitcoin, 24 hours

You handle custody and security

Other ways in

Watchlist

Bitcoin and the best-known listed bags

BTC

Bitcoin

Direct

$81,685

-0.65% 24h

17 Sept +6.8% 30 days 16 Oct

24h volume: $29.11B
Market cap: $1.64T

MSTR

Strategy

Treasury company

$137.20

+0.27% last session

3 Sept +4.5% 30 sessions 15 Oct

Market cap: $57.99B
BTC held: 848,250

Investor information

COIN

Coinbase

Exchange

$173.76

+0.35% last session

3 Sept -4.6% 30 sessions 15 Oct

Market cap: $45.93B
BTC held: 74

Investor information

IBIT

iShares Bitcoin Trust

Spot ETF

$46.20

+0.11% last session

3 Sept +0.5% 30 sessions 15 Oct

Net assets: $65.98B
BTC held: 803,871

Investor information

MARA

MARA Holdings

Miner

$7.61

+1.06% last session

3 Sept -28.2% 30 sessions 15 Oct

Market cap: $2.94B
BTC held: 35,577

Investor information

RIOT

Riot Platforms

Miner

$13.84

+0.87% last session

3 Sept -26.7% 30 sessions 15 Oct

Market cap: $5.19B
BTC held: 11,380

Investor information

Share prices from Nasdaq (delayed), last US session 16 Oct 2026. Charts use daily closes (Bitcoin from CoinGecko; shares and IBIT from Nasdaq, checked 16 Oct 2026, 21:40 BST). Market caps and fund assets refresh every 12 hours and are scaled to the latest price. Bitcoin as of 16 Oct 2026, 22:23 BST. Not a recommendation.

Next halving

Time until the block reward halves

530

days

hours

mins

Estimated 30 Mar 2028 at block 1,050,000, when the reward drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.

This halving cycle62.7%

Bitcoin issued of 21 million95.71%

900,729 BTC left to mine

Assumes blocks keep arriving every 9.8 minutes, the recent average.

As of 16 Oct 2026, 22:25 BST · mempool.space

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Worked out at £61,255 a Bitcoin, which is CoinGecko's dollar price from 16 Oct 2026, 22:23 BST turned into pounds at the ECB's rate for 16 Oct 2026. A real purchase would cost you fees and a spread on top.

Questions

Bitcoin price, halving and ETF questions

What is the Bitcoin price today?

Bitcoin was at $81,685 when this page last refreshed at 22:23 BST, down 0.65% over 24 hours, using CoinGecko's figure. It's refreshed every five minutes. If CoinGecko doesn't answer we try Binance, then DeFiLlama, so check the source printed beside the time on the price card. The charts are a bit different: they're drawn from daily closes, so for most of the day they'll trail the live number slightly.

When is the next Bitcoin halving?

Our current estimate is 30 Mar 2028, at block 1,050,000, which is 78,234 blocks on from where the chain is now. It's a rough date. We take the block height from mempool.space and assume blocks keep coming at the recent pace of about 9.8 minutes each, and that pace shifts whenever miners plug machines in or switch them off, so expect the date to wander by a day or two. When it does arrive, the reward for each new block drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.

How can I get Bitcoin exposure without holding coins myself?

The routes we track are US spot ETFs, which hold 1,481,621 BTC between them, shares in the 153 listed companies that keep Bitcoin on their balance sheets, and mining shares. They behave quite differently, because an ETF follows the price less its fees, whereas a treasury company's shares also move with its debt and with how many new shares it issues. Most UK brokers don't offer the US-listed ETFs to retail customers, which is why our ETF tracker also covers the exchange-traded products listed in London and Europe.

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What do the ETF flow figures show?

Each one is the net money that went into or out of the US spot Bitcoin funds on a single trading day, in US dollars, once new shares created and old ones redeemed are netted off. On 15 Oct 2026 the total was +$16.3m, and over the last five trading days it came to -$324.2m. We take the numbers from Bitbo, which publishes them after each US session, so the latest day shown is normally the previous trading day.

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Important information

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. More on the risks