The day in brief
- Bitcoin was trading at $81,996 at the time of our snapshot, up 0.36% over 24 hours according to CoinGecko, though it sits 1.26% lower across the past week and 24.73% down on a year ago.
- The price remains 34.96% below its all-time high of $126,080, and Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.61%.
- Sentiment has cooled a little, with the Fear and Greed index at 59, which is still in "Greed" territory but down from 69 a week earlier.
- US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $16.4 million on the latest trading day, 15 October, but over the five days to that date they shed $326.3 million, so the small gain on the final day did little to offset the earlier outflows.
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Bitcoin was trading at $81,996 at the time of our snapshot, up 0.36% over 24 hours according to CoinGecko, though it sits 1.26% lower across the past week and 24.73% down on a year ago. The price remains 34.96% below its all-time high of $126,080, and Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.61%. Sentiment has cooled a little, with the Fear and Greed index at 59, which is still in "Greed" territory but down from 69 a week earlier.
US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $16.4 million on the latest trading day, 15 October, but over the five days to that date they shed $326.3 million, so the small gain on the final day did little to offset the earlier outflows. Across the wider holdings we track, ETFs hold about 1,481,620 BTC, public companies around 1,220,716 BTC, miners roughly 99,172 BTC and governments some 518,526 BTC. Strategy (MicroStrategy) is the largest corporate holder with 848,250 BTC, while the iShares Bitcoin Trust from Blackrock is the largest ETF with 803,870 BTC.
On the network side, the chain has reached block 972,220, leaving 77,780 blocks until the next halving, which we estimate will fall on 28 March 2028. Hashrate stands at 1,034 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is expected to raise mining difficulty by 2.97%. Among the day's headlines, Bitcoin Magazine reports that AnchorWatch has launched a Nevada trust company capping custody fees at $10,000 a month. The Block reports that BlackRock has filed for a bitcoin ETF offering downside protection and upside exposure to IBIT. Decrypt reports that Strive bought $335 million in bitcoin after investors put in $369 million.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Headlines
In the news at the time
- AnchorWatch Launches Nevada Trust Company, Caps Bitcoin Custody Fees at $10,000 a Month
- BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF offering downside protection and upside exposure to IBIT
- Strive Buys $335 Million in Bitcoin After Investors Pour In $369 Million
- The Architecture of Money: Mapping Financial Power in the Age of Bitcoin
- Super League Stockholders Approve Metaplanet’s 2,100 BTC Investment, Paving Way for ‘Superplanet’
- Abandoned Bitcoin? Wallet Targeted by Noah Doe Lawsuit Moves $33 Million
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 19 Oct 2026, the price is +0.0% and the Fear and Greed score has moved nowhere.
