BTC
Bitcoin
$82,438
-0.35% 24h
- 24h volume
- $37.14B
- Market cap
- $1.66T
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Bitcoin price (US$)
$82,438
-0.35% 24h +26.7% 90d
- Market cap
- $1.66T
- 24h volume
- $37.14B
- Supply issued
- 95.72%
Line shows the last 90 days of daily closes. Price from CoinGecko, .
AI brief
Bitcoin today
- Bitcoin, 24h
- -0.35%
- Fear & Greed
- 68 · Greed
- ETF flow, 20 Oct
- +$29.9m
- BTC dominance
- 59.6%
- Bitcoin was trading at $82,467 on CoinGecko at the time of our snapshot, down 0.35% over 24 hours but up 1.44% across the week.
- Over 30 days it has slipped 3.16%, and over the year it is down 23.85%, leaving it 34.59% below its all-time high of $126,080.
- Sentiment has cooled slightly from a week ago, when the Fear and Greed index stood at 53; it now reads 68, which is firmly in Greed territory.
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Bitcoin was trading at $82,467 on CoinGecko at the time of our snapshot, down 0.35% over 24 hours but up 1.44% across the week. Over 30 days it has slipped 3.16%, and over the year it is down 23.85%, leaving it 34.59% below its all-time high of $126,080. Sentiment has cooled slightly from a week ago, when the Fear and Greed index stood at 53; it now reads 68, which is firmly in Greed territory. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $29.9 million on 20 October, and across the five trading days to that date the total reached $209.3 million, which we think is a useful counterweight to the year-on-year decline. CoinDesk reports that Bitcoin gave back its run at $85,000 as Tesla and Meta failed to calm AI nerves. ETFs hold about 1.49 million BTC on our figures, with iShares Bitcoin Trust the largest at around 811,478 BTC. Network hashrate sits at 1,038 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is estimated at 5.22%.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Price history
Bitcoin over the last 12 months
- 7d
- +2.4%
- 30d
- -3.5%
- 1y
- -23.8%
Daily closes from CoinGecko, fetched
All-time high $126,080 on 6 Oct 2025 (-34.6%)
Who holds Bitcoin
3,666,846 BTC in known hands
18.2% of the 20.10 million BTC issued so far
- ETFs and funds 1,487,109 7.08% of 21m · $122.59B
- Listed companies 1,222,207 5.82% of 21m · $100.76B
- Governments 518,526 2.47% of 21m · $42.75B
- Private companies 439,005 2.09% of 21m · $36.19B
Listed miners hold 99,172 BTC of the public company total. Miners
Holdings checked · Bitbo
Market signals
Sentiment, trend and ETF money in one place
Crypto hype index
Full dashboard47
Neutral
Our own score out of 100, from 5 of 5 public signals. Fear & Greed is one input.
- Crypto Fear & Greed Index 68 (Greed)
- 30-day price momentum -3.5% in 30 days
- US spot ETF flows, 5 days +$209m
- Distance from all-time high -34.6% from the high
- Coinbase in the US App Store Outside the top 100 free apps
Calculated . Describes mood, not a forecast.
Fear & Greed Index
Full history 68 Greed last 90 days below
alternative.me, published
Ways in
Six ways to own a piece of Bitcoin
Each route carries different risks. Figures update with the market.
Risk: Lower
Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Bitcoin through a brokerage account
1,487,109 BTC
+2.4%
held by ETFs worldwide
US spot ETFs, average day move
Tracks the Bitcoin price, minus fees
Compare ETFs Risk: Higher
Treasury companies
Listed companies holding Bitcoin
1,222,207 BTC
+2.7%
held by 153 listed companies
US-listed, average day move
Debt and dilution add to Bitcoin risk
View companies Risk: High
Bitcoin miners
Companies that secure the network
99,172 BTC
+3.4%
held by 31 listed miners
US-listed, average day move
Revenue swings with price, hashrate and halvings
View miners Risk: Very high
Futures and leveraged ETFs
Derivatives-based exposure
6 funds
+2.8%
futures, 2x and inverse ETFs tracked
Long funds, average day move
Daily resets and roll costs cause drift
See futures ETFs Risk: High
Crypto industry ETFs
Baskets of crypto businesses
7 funds
+3.6%
blockchain and mining equity ETFs
Average day move
Own shares, not Bitcoin
See industry ETFs Risk: Varies
Owning Bitcoin directly
Exchange account or your own wallet
21,000,000
-0.3%
fixed maximum supply
Bitcoin, 24 hours
You handle custody and security
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Bitcoin and the best-known listed bags
MSTR
Strategy
$153.48
+7.54% last session
- Market cap
- $64.77B
- BTC held
- 848,517
COIN
Coinbase
$177.08
+3.65% last session
- Market cap
- $46.72B
- BTC held
- 74
IBIT
iShares Bitcoin Trust
$47.84
+2.42% last session
- Net assets
- $66.33B
- BTC held
- 811,478
MARA
MARA Holdings
$7.79
+4.14% last session
- Market cap
- $3.01B
- BTC held
- 35,577
RIOT
Riot Platforms
$14.02
+1.82% last session
- Market cap
- $5.26B
- BTC held
- 11,380
Share prices from Nasdaq (delayed), last US session 21 Oct 2026. Charts use daily closes (Bitcoin from CoinGecko; shares and IBIT from Nasdaq, checked ). Market caps and fund assets refresh every 12 hours and are scaled to the latest price. Bitcoin as of . Not a recommendation.
Next halving
Time until the block reward halves
512
days
18
hours
40
mins
Estimated 18 Mar 2028 at block 1,050,000, when the reward drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.
This halving cycle63.1%
Bitcoin issued of 21 million95.72%
898,175 BTC left to mine
Assumes blocks keep arriving every 9.5 minutes, the recent average.
As of · mempool.space
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Worked out at £61,513 a Bitcoin, which is CoinGecko's dollar price from turned into pounds at the ECB's rate for 21 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 $82,438 when this page last refreshed at 08:03 BST, down 0.35% 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 18 Mar 2028, at block 1,050,000, which is 77,417 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 9.5 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 1,487,109 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.
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 20 Oct 2026 the total was +$29.9m, and over the last five trading days it came to +$209.3m. We take the numbers from Bitbo, which publishes them after each US session, so the latest day shown is normally the previous trading day.
Headlines
Latest Bitcoin news
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Markets China seeks to seize 61,800 BTC tied to $5.7 billion fraud scheme
Chinese prosecutors are seeking to confiscate more than 61,800 Bitcoin tied to a $5.7 billion fraud scheme, days after a U.K. court ruled Chinese law governs victims’ claims to the coins.
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ETFs Bitcoin ETFs attract $1.08 billion in 3 days but it may not be enough for a steep rally
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Markets Bitcoin gives back its run at $85,000 as Tesla and Meta fail to calm AI nerves
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Treasuries Three Companies Have Notified the SEC of Intention To Start Tokenized Stocks Trading
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Markets Bitcoin Hits Weekly High as Crypto Market Rebounds
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Markets Standard Chartered Signs Agreement To Acquire Crypto Custodian Zodia Custody
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Markets Beyond HODLing: How Bitcoin-Backed Loans Can Unlock New Financial Opportunities
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