The day in brief
- Bitcoin traded at $84,454 on our figures for 21 October, according to DeFiLlama, up 1.91% over 24 hours and 3.75% over the week, though still 2.53% lower than a month ago and 23.51% down on a year earlier.
- That leaves it 32.94% below its all-time high of $126,080, and bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market sat at 59.61%.
- The Fear and Greed Index read 63, labelled Greed, a touch higher than the 62 it recorded a week ago, which fits with a market that's been recovering from its monthly slide.
- US spot ETFs took in a net $30.6 million on the latest trading day, 20 October, and $213.9 million across the five days to that date.
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Bitcoin traded at $84,454 on our figures for 21 October, according to DeFiLlama, up 1.91% over 24 hours and 3.75% over the week, though still 2.53% lower than a month ago and 23.51% down on a year earlier. That leaves it 32.94% below its all-time high of $126,080, and bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market sat at 59.61%. The Fear and Greed Index read 63, labelled Greed, a touch higher than the 62 it recorded a week ago, which fits with a market that's been recovering from its monthly slide.
US spot ETFs took in a net $30.6 million on the latest trading day, 20 October, and $213.9 million across the five days to that date. Those inflows sit alongside the holdings picture: ETFs now control about 1,487,109 BTC, with iShares Bitcoin Trust (BlackRock) the largest single fund at 811,478 BTC. Public companies hold roughly 1,222,207 BTC, led by Strategy (MicroStrategy) with 848,517 BTC, while miners hold around 99,172 BTC and governments roughly 518,526 BTC.
On the network, the chain stands at block 972,544, with 77,456 blocks to go before the next halving, which we estimate for 10 March 2028. Hashrate is 1,056 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is projected at 6.48% higher. Among the day's headlines, Bitcoin Magazine reports that three companies have notified the SEC of plans to start trading tokenised stocks, while Decrypt reports that bitcoin hit a weekly high as the crypto market rebounded. Decrypt also reports that Musk's SpaceX-Tesla merger would create a bitcoin treasury behemoth.
Written by AI (Claude) from the live data on this page. Facts as of . Not financial advice.
Headlines
In the news at the time
- Three Companies Have Notified the SEC of Intention To Start Tokenized Stocks Trading
- Bitcoin Hits Weekly High as Crypto Market Rebounds
- Standard Chartered Signs Agreement To Acquire Crypto Custodian Zodia Custody
- Beyond HODLing: How Bitcoin-Backed Loans Can Unlock New Financial Opportunities
- Musk’s SpaceX-Tesla Merger Would Create a Bitcoin Treasury Behemoth
- Kalshi Pushes Deeper Into Crypto Derivatives With Bitcoin-Backed Margin Loans
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 21 Oct 2026, the price is -0.3% and the Fear and Greed score has moved nowhere.
