The day in brief
- Bitcoin was trading at $81,577 on our figures as of late on 14 October, down 2.23% over 24 hours and 1.87% on the week, though still up 3.59% over 30 days.
- It sits 35.3% below its all-time high of $126,080 and is down 28.01% over the year.
- Bitcoin's dominance stands at 59.26%.
- The Fear and Greed index reads 62, which is Greed, but that is down from 71 a week ago, so sentiment has cooled a little.
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Bitcoin was trading at $81,577 on our figures as of late on 14 October, down 2.23% over 24 hours and 1.87% on the week, though still up 3.59% over 30 days. It sits 35.3% below its all-time high of $126,080 and is down 28.01% over the year. Bitcoin's dominance stands at 59.26%. The Fear and Greed index reads 62, which is Greed, but that is down from 71 a week ago, so sentiment has cooled a little. The Block reports that bitcoin fell below $82,000 as hotter core CPI revived Fed hike concerns, which fits the softer tone we've seen this week.
US spot bitcoin ETFs took in $171.8 million on the latest trading day, 13 October, but over the five trading days to that date they recorded net outflows of $505.9 million, so the recent inflow is a small reversal against a weaker run. Holdings across ETFs total about 1,484,630 BTC, while public companies hold roughly 1,220,263 BTC and governments around 518,525 BTC. Strategy (MicroStrategy) is the largest corporate holder with 848,250 BTC, and the iShares Bitcoin Trust (Blackrock) is the largest ETF at 805,025 BTC.
On the network, block height is 971,477, with 78,523 blocks to go until the estimated halving on 11 March 2028. Hashrate sits at 1,010 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is projected at 6.17%. In other news, Bitcoin Magazine reports that Russia's central bank has authorised Sberbank to exchange cryptocurrencies, while Decrypt reports that Standard Chartered has opened bitcoin and ether trading to wealthy UAE clients. The Block reports that a major shareholder is pressing SkyAI on Solana sales after its treasury shrank 70% in a month.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Headlines
In the news at the time
- Russia’s Central Bank Authorizes Sberbank to Exchange Cryptocurrencies
- Russia's Biggest Bank Sberbank Wins Approval to Trade Bitcoin
- Major shareholder presses SkyAI on Solana sales after treasury shrinks 70% in a month
- Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading to Wealthy UAE Clients
- Bitcoin falls below $82,000 as hotter core CPI revives Fed hike concerns
- Kraken Parent Company Payward to Buy Saldo Bank in European Banking Push
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 14 Oct 2026, the price is -0.2% and the Fear and Greed score has moved nowhere.
