The day in brief
- Bitcoin was trading at $83,474 on our figures as of late on 13 October, up 1.64% over the day but down 2.53% across the week and 33.79% below its all-time high of $126,080.
- Over a year the coin is down 27.9%, though it has gained 7.92% over thirty days, so the picture depends heavily on the window you choose.
- Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.28%.
- The Fear and Greed index read 57, which is firmly in greed territory, but that is down from 73 a week earlier, so sentiment has cooled while the price has held up.
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Bitcoin was trading at $83,474 on our figures as of late on 13 October, up 1.64% over the day but down 2.53% across the week and 33.79% below its all-time high of $126,080. Over a year the coin is down 27.9%, though it has gained 7.92% over thirty days, so the picture depends heavily on the window you choose. Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.28%. The Fear and Greed index read 57, which is firmly in greed territory, but that is down from 73 a week earlier, so sentiment has cooled while the price has held up.
US spot ETF flows have been on the outflow side. The latest trading day, 12 October, recorded a net outflow of $68.7 million, and over five days the net figure comes to an outflow of $770.2 million. That outflow sits alongside a large pool of coins held in these products: ETFs hold about 1.48 million BTC between them, with iShares Bitcoin Trust the largest at roughly 804,233 BTC. Public companies hold around 1.21 million BTC, and Strategy alone accounts for 848,000 of that, while governments hold about 518,526 BTC and miners about 98,709 BTC.
On the network side, the chain sits at block 971,315, with 78,685 blocks to go before the next halving, which we estimate will fall around 14 March 2028. Hashrate is at 1,001 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is expected to move by 5.58%. According to Decrypt, Strive has bought $280 million in bitcoin, its largest purchase in months, while Decrypt also reports that a long-dormant whale moved $377 million. Bitcoin Magazine reports that Researchers have built a working post-quantum defence for the Lightning Network.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Headlines
In the news at the time
- Researchers Build First Working Post-Quantum Defense for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
- Binance Is Shutting Down Its Bitcoin Mining Pool After Six Years
- Bitcoin Whale That Sat Through Every Crash Since 2020 Just Moved $377M
- Strive Buys $280 Million in Bitcoin, Its Largest Purchase in Months
- The Amount of Bitcoin on Exchanges Is Shrinking. Is a Rally Imminent?
- Bitcoin Shakes Off Spooky Season Jitters: Can Bulls Keep It Going?
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 13 Oct 2026, the price is +0.2% and the Fear and Greed score has moved nowhere.
