BTC
Bitcoin
$79,973
-0.63% 24h
- 24h volume
- $18.29B
- Market cap
- $1.61T
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Bitcoin price (US$)
$79,973
-0.63% 24h +25.5% 90d
- Market cap
- $1.61T
- 24h volume
- $18.29B
- Supply issued
- 95.73%
Line shows the last 90 days of daily closes. Price from DeFiLlama, .
AI brief
Bitcoin today
- Bitcoin, 24h
- -0.63%
- Fear & Greed
- 50 · Neutral
- ETF flow, 22 Oct
- -$117.6m
- BTC dominance
- 59.6%
- Bitcoin was trading at $79,975 at the time of our 07:00 UTC snapshot, down 0.66% over 24 hours, 3.09% lower over seven days and 4.54% down over 30 days.
- It sits 36.6% below its all-time high of $126,080 and is 28.07% weaker than a year ago.
- CoinDesk reports that the slip under $80,000 came as traders de-risked ahead of a Fed meeting, while The Block notes that crypto longs lost $404 million in four hours during the brief dip below that level.
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Bitcoin was trading at $79,975 at the time of our 07:00 UTC snapshot, down 0.66% over 24 hours, 3.09% lower over seven days and 4.54% down over 30 days. It sits 36.6% below its all-time high of $126,080 and is 28.07% weaker than a year ago. CoinDesk reports that the slip under $80,000 came as traders de-risked ahead of a Fed meeting, while The Block notes that crypto longs lost $404 million in four hours during the brief dip below that level. Sentiment has cooled a little, with the Fear and Greed index at 50, neutral, against 59 a week earlier. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $117.6 million on 22 October, though Decrypt reports that they snapped a two-week losing streak, and on our figures the five-day net flow still stands at $307.9 million. Bitcoin's dominance is 59.61%. Strategy holds 848,517 BTC, the largest corporate position we track, while the largest ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust, holds around 809,780 BTC. Network hashrate is 1,086 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is expected to move by 6.17%.
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
- -3.2%
- 30d
- -4.6%
- 1y
- -28.3%
Daily closes from CoinGecko, fetched
All-time high $126,080 on 6 Oct 2025 (-36.5%)
Who holds Bitcoin
3,664,013 BTC in known hands
18.2% of the 20.10 million BTC issued so far
- ETFs and funds 1,484,276 7.07% of 21m · $118.70B
- Listed companies 1,222,207 5.82% of 21m · $97.74B
- Governments 518,526 2.47% of 21m · $41.47B
- Private companies 439,005 2.09% of 21m · $35.11B
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 dashboard41
Neutral
Our own score out of 100, from 5 of 5 public signals. Fear & Greed is one input.
- Crypto Fear & Greed Index 50 (Neutral)
- 30-day price momentum -4.6% in 30 days
- US spot ETF flows, 5 days +$308m
- Distance from all-time high -36.5% 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 50 Neutral 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
1,484,276 BTC
-0.2%
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
-1.0%
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
-2.7%
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
-0.6%
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
-1.8%
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
-0.6%
fixed maximum supply
Bitcoin, 24 hours
You handle custody and security
Other ways inWatchlist
Bitcoin and the best-known listed bags
MSTR
Strategy
$146.01
+0.14% last session
- Market cap
- $61.61B
- BTC held
- 848,517
COIN
Coinbase
$164.45
-2.74% last session
- Market cap
- $43.39B
- BTC held
- 74
IBIT
iShares Bitcoin Trust
$45.96
-0.22% last session
- Net assets
- $66.00B
- BTC held
- 809,780
MARA
MARA Holdings
$7.02
-3.17% last session
- Market cap
- $2.71B
- BTC held
- 35,577
RIOT
Riot Platforms
$12.53
-2.79% last session
- Market cap
- $4.70B
- BTC held
- 11,380
Share prices from Nasdaq (delayed), last US session 23 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
502
days
16
hours
46
mins
Estimated 12 Mar 2028 at block 1,050,000, when the reward drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.
This halving cycle63.4%
Bitcoin issued of 21 million95.73%
896,225 BTC left to mine
Assumes blocks keep arriving every 9.4 minutes, the recent average.
As of · mempool.space
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Worked out at £59,823 a Bitcoin, which is DeFiLlama's dollar price from turned into pounds at the ECB's rate for 23 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 $79,973 when this page last refreshed at 07:30 GMT, down 0.63% over 24 hours, using DeFiLlama'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 12 Mar 2028, at block 1,050,000, which is 76,793 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 9.4 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 1,484,276 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 22 Oct 2026 the total was -$117.6m, and over the last five trading days it came to +$307.9m. 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 Over 11 million bitcoin has no known owner. Here's what it means
The large number of coins held in unidentified wallets shows that retail investors have been in this market for years, observers said. But this interpretation comes with a caveat.
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Markets Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments
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Markets Bitcoin slips under $80,000 as traders de-risk ahead of Fed meeting
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ETFs Bitcoin ETFs Snap Two-Week Losing Streak Despite Late-Week Slide
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Markets Crypto longs lose $404 million in four hours as bitcoin briefly slips below $80,000
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Treasuries Strategy, Strive face balancing act between bitcoin buying and preferred stock dividends
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Crypto under weekend pressure, bitcoin slides below $80,000 on U.S. Middle East evacuations
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