Bitcoin Daily Wrap, 27 Oct 2026

Bitcoin was trading at $80,018 on our figures for 27 October 2026, according to CoinGecko, and was little changed over the day at -0.03 per cent. The seven-day move was -2.56 per cent and the thirty-day move -5.07 per cent, while the coin sits 36.53 per cent below its all-time high of $126,080. Over the past year it has fallen 30.43 per cent, so the longer picture is weaker than the day's calm suggests. Bitcoin's share of the wider crypto market stood at 59.61 per cent.

Sentiment has cooled a little. The Fear and Greed Index read 50, labelled Neutral, down from 59 a week earlier, which we'd read as the market moving from mild optimism back to the middle. US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $32.7 million on 23 October, their latest trading day in our data, yet across the five days to that date they took in $295.1 million on a net basis, so the most recent session was an exception rather than a trend.

Holdings remain large. ETFs hold about 1,483,868 BTC, public companies about 1,222,207 BTC and governments about 518,526 BTC, according to our tracking. Strategy is the largest corporate holder with 848,517 BTC, and the iShares Bitcoin Trust is the largest ETF at 809,780 BTC. On the network, block height is 973,311, with 76,689 blocks to the next halving, estimated for 12 March 2028, and hashrate at 1,066 EH/s. The next difficulty adjustment is projected at 6.08 per cent. Bitcoin Magazine reports that Strategy has paused bitcoin buying and spent $205 million on preferred stock, and Bitcoin Magazine also reports that Galaxy says the bear market is over. Decrypt reports that a bitcoin wallet fixed a critical flaw that had redirected funds to attackers.