BTC
Bitcoin
$82,370
+0.91% 24h
- 24h volume
- $21.60B
- Market cap
- $1.66T
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Bitcoin price (US$)
$82,370
+0.91% 24h +26.4% 90d
- Market cap
- $1.66T
- 24h volume
- $21.60B
- Supply issued
- 95.72%
Line shows the last 90 days of daily closes. Price from CoinGecko, .
AI brief
Bitcoin today
- Bitcoin, 24h
- +0.91%
- Fear & Greed
- 59 · Greed
- ETF flow, 15 Oct
- +$16.4m
- BTC dominance
- 60.1%
- Bitcoin was trading at $82,424 on our figures, up 1.17% over the past 24 hours, though still 1.75% lower over seven days and 34.63% below its all-time high of $126,080.
- Sentiment has cooled from a week ago: the Fear and Greed index sits at 59, in the Greed zone, down from 69.
- US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in a net $16.3 million on 15 October, but over the five trading days to that date they shed $325.5 million, so the latest inflow hasn't yet reversed the wider outflow.
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Bitcoin was trading at $82,424 on our figures, up 1.17% over the past 24 hours, though still 1.75% lower over seven days and 34.63% below its all-time high of $126,080. Sentiment has cooled from a week ago: the Fear and Greed index sits at 59, in the Greed zone, down from 69. US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in a net $16.3 million on 15 October, but over the five trading days to that date they shed $325.5 million, so the latest inflow hasn't yet reversed the wider outflow. Decrypt reports that ETFs have shed nearly $1 billion over two weeks as Uptober stays red. Bitcoin's dominance is 60.14%. ETFs hold about 1.48 million BTC, while public companies hold around 1.22 million, led by Strategy (MicroStrategy) with 848,250 BTC. On the network, the block height is 972,086, with 77,914 blocks to the estimated halving on 28 March 2028, and the next difficulty adjustment is forecast at -0.56%.
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
- -1.8%
- 30d
- +1.7%
- 1y
- -23.3%
Daily closes from CoinGecko, fetched
All-time high $126,080 on 6 Oct 2025 (-34.7%)
Who holds Bitcoin
3,659,868 BTC in known hands
18.2% of the 20.10 million BTC issued so far
- ETFs and funds 1,481,621 7.06% of 21m · $122.04B
- Listed companies 1,220,717 5.81% of 21m · $100.55B
- Governments 518,526 2.47% of 21m · $42.71B
- Private companies 439,005 2.09% of 21m · $36.16B
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 dashboard44
Neutral
Our own score out of 100, from 5 of 5 public signals. Fear & Greed is one input.
- Crypto Fear & Greed Index 59 (Greed)
- 30-day price momentum +1.7% in 30 days
- US spot ETF flows, 5 days -$328m
- Distance from all-time high -34.7% 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 59 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
1,481,621 BTC
-0.9%
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
1,220,717 BTC
-5.7%
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
-8.8%
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
-0.7%
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
-6.8%
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
+0.9%
fixed maximum supply
Bitcoin, 24 hours
You handle custody and security
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Bitcoin and the best-known listed bags
MSTR
Strategy
$136.83
-9.56% last session
- Market cap
- $57.74B
- BTC held
- 848,250
COIN
Coinbase
$173.16
-5.79% last session
- Market cap
- $45.69B
- BTC held
- 74
IBIT
iShares Bitcoin Trust
$46.15
-0.94% last session
- Net assets
- $66.19B
- BTC held
- 803,871
MARA
MARA Holdings
$7.53
-9.60% last session
- Market cap
- $2.91B
- BTC held
- 35,577
RIOT
Riot Platforms
$13.72
-11.48% last session
- Market cap
- $5.15B
- BTC held
- 11,380
Share prices from Nasdaq (delayed), last US session 16 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
524
days
05
hours
52
mins
Estimated 26 Mar 2028 at block 1,050,000, when the reward drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.
This halving cycle62.9%
Bitcoin issued of 21 million95.72%
899,716 BTC left to mine
Assumes blocks keep arriving every 9.7 minutes, the recent average.
As of · mempool.space
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Worked out at £61,768 a Bitcoin, which is CoinGecko's dollar price from 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 $82,370 when this page last refreshed at 02:38 BST, up 0.91% 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 26 Mar 2028, at block 1,050,000, which is 77,910 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 9.7 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.
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 +$16.4m, and over the last five trading days it came to -$327.5m. 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 Wall Street freaked out Friday, but VIX and bitcoin trades say the fear may fade Monday.
Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX index, spiked on Friday as stocks dropped. History says Friday panics usually fade on Monday. Seasonality and calm bitcoin markets suggest the same.
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ETFs Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red
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Markets Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook
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Markets Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed
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Markets Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
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Markets Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves
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Markets Strive’s bitcoin buying spree earns 27% price target hike from TD Cowen
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