The day in brief
- Bitcoin was priced at $82,293 on our figures as of late on 12 October, down 1.53% over 24 hours and 4.25% over the week, though still up 6.53% over 30 days.
- The coin sits 34.73% below its all-time high of $126,080 and is down 28.54% across the year.
- Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.26%, and the Fear and Greed Index read 69, which is still in the Greed band but slightly below the 70 it recorded a week earlier.
- US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $185.6 million on 9 October, the latest trading day we have, and five-day net flows total an outflow of $699.2 million.
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Bitcoin was priced at $82,293 on our figures as of late on 12 October, down 1.53% over 24 hours and 4.25% over the week, though still up 6.53% over 30 days. The coin sits 34.73% below its all-time high of $126,080 and is down 28.54% across the year. Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.26%, and the Fear and Greed Index read 69, which is still in the Greed band but slightly below the 70 it recorded a week earlier.
US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $185.6 million on 9 October, the latest trading day we have, and five-day net flows total an outflow of $699.2 million. Those outflows have come while the wider sentiment reading has eased, so the cooler mood and the withdrawals appear to be moving in the same direction. ETFs hold 1,483,348 BTC in aggregate, with iShares Bitcoin Trust (Blackrock) the largest at 805,025 BTC, while Strategy (MicroStrategy) leads public companies with 848,000 BTC.
On the network, block height reached 971,151, leaving 78,849 blocks to the next halving, which we estimate for 19 March 2028. Hashrate sits at 994 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is projected at a rise of 4.72%. Among the headlines, Bitcoin Magazine reports that Moscow Exchange is testing bitcoin trading ahead of a planned launch, while Decrypt reports that the Crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to levels last seen before the August rally.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Headlines
In the news at the time
- Moscow Exchange to Launch Bitcoin Trading, Testing Underway
- South Korean Lender Jeonbuk Bank to Offer Bitcoin-Backed Loans
- Bitcoin Extends Slide — Can ‘Uptober’ 2026 Beat Last Year’s?
- Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record
- Ledger Investigates Fund Losses Tied to Southeast Asian Reseller After Implant Found in Device
- Bitcoin Spooked? Crypto Fear and Greed Index Drops to Pre-Rally August Lows
How this wrap was put together
Claude (claude-haiku-5-5) wrote it at from the figures in the panel beside it, which our data service had collected by . Compared with the wrap for 12 Oct 2026, the price is -0.6% and the Fear and Greed score has moved nowhere.
