The day in brief
- Bitcoin traded at $82,399 on our figures as of 22:55 UTC on 15 October, up 1% over 24 hours and 0.75% on the week, though it's still 34.65% below its all-time high of $126,080 and down 25.93% over the year.
- The 30-day gain of 8.49% sits well ahead of the weekly move, which suggests the rebound has been gathering pace over the past few weeks rather than in the last few sessions.
- Bitcoin's share of the crypto market stood at 59.3%, and the Fear and Greed Index read 53, neutral and lower than the 64 it recorded a week earlier.
- US spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $264 million on 14 October, the latest trading day we track, which took the five-day net total to an outflow of $430.1 million.
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Bitcoin traded at $82,399 on our figures as of 22:55 UTC on 15 October, up 1% over 24 hours and 0.75% on the week, though it's still 34.65% below its all-time high of $126,080 and down 25.93% over the year. The 30-day gain of 8.49% sits well ahead of the weekly move, which suggests the rebound has been gathering pace over the past few weeks rather than in the last few sessions. Bitcoin's share of the crypto market stood at 59.3%, and the Fear and Greed Index read 53, neutral and lower than the 64 it recorded a week earlier.
US spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $264 million on 14 October, the latest trading day we track, which took the five-day net total to an outflow of $430.1 million. Those outflows come against a backdrop where ETFs still hold 1,481,422 BTC, the largest single pool among the categories we follow, with iShares Bitcoin Trust (Blackrock) alone holding about 803,667 BTC. Public companies hold roughly 1,220,717 BTC, led by Strategy (MicroStrategy) with 848,250 BTC, while governments hold around 518,526 BTC and miners about 99,172 BTC.
On the network, the block height reached 971,629, leaving 78,371 blocks until the next halving, which we estimate will fall on 11 March 2028. Hashrate stood at 1,026 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is projected at 6.16% upward. Among the day's headlines, Decrypt reports that Russia will soon ban peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading, according to a central bank confirmation, while The Block reports that MSCI has finalised index rules that could put Strategy and other crypto treasury firms at risk of exclusion. Cointelegraph reports that a scammer lost $4.8 million stored on tampered Ledgers.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Headlines
In the news at the time
- Scammer loses $4.8M stored on tampered Ledgers: Asia Express
- MSCI finalizes index rules that put Strategy, crypto treasury firms at risk of exclusion
- Russia Will Soon Ban Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading, Central Bank Confirms
- Bitcoin’s Volatility Has Fallen Within S&P 500 Ranks, Study Shows
- Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says
- US Hoovers up Bitcoin While the World Runs on Its Digital Dollars: Report
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 15 Oct 2026, the price is +0.5% and the Fear and Greed score has moved nowhere.
