Bitcoin (BTC) Latest Crypto Analysis Report

What changed since yesterday

Price $82,255.00, +0.80% vs yesterday's close of $81,603.65.
24h volume $28.38 billion is 0.89x its 30-day average (lower than usual).
Market cap rank #1.

Live snapshot

$82,255.00

Bitcoin (BTC) is +0.73% over 24 hours with a market cap of $1.65 trillion (rank #1).

✓ CoinGeckoData as of Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC

Overview

Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions without intermediaries like banks or governments, operating on a blockchain secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm. With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins and programmatic halvings every four years that reduce miner rewards, Bitcoin is designed as a deflationary digital asset often called "digital gold." Its value stems from solving the double-spending problem without trusted intermediaries, creating the first truly scarce digital asset with censorship resistance and permissionless access that no government, corporation, or individual can control. Bitcoin operates as a decentralized peer-to-peer network where transactions are recorded on a public ledger called the blockchain, distributed across thousands of computers globally. Transactions are grouped into blocks added approximately every 10 minutes through mining, where specialized computers compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles. Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption through multiple vectors.

Item	Detail
Category	Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1), FTX Holdings, Proof of Work (PoW)
Launch / genesis date	2009-01-03
Hashing algorithm	SHA-256
Block time	10 min
Official website	www.bitcoin.org

Market data

Metric	Value
Price	$82,255.00
24h change	+0.73%
24h high / low	$82,816.00 / $81,634.00
24h trading volume	$28.38 billion
Market cap	$1.65 trillion
Market cap rank	#1
Fully diluted valuation	$1.65 trillion
Circulating supply	20,098,843 BTC
Total supply	20,098,843 BTC
Max supply	21,000,000 BTC
7d / 30d / 1y change	-1.19% / +7.99% / -26.40%
All-time high	$126,080 on 2025-10-06 (-34.76% from ATH)
All-time low	$67.81 on 2013-07-05 (+121204.47% from ATL)

Bitcoin price history

Daily closes, 2025-10-17 to 2026-10-16: low $58,566.09, high $114,419.

Date (UTC)	Close	Change	Volume
2026-10-16 (live)	$82,255.00	+0.80%	$28.38 billion
2026-10-15	$81,603.65	-1.82%	$33.81 billion
2026-10-14	$83,115.10	+1.61%	$31.22 billion
2026-10-13	$81,794.85	-2.27%	$27.71 billion
2026-10-12	$83,690.87	+0.93%	$15.15 billion
2026-10-11	$82,917.90	+0.43%	$14.84 billion
2026-10-10	$82,564.29	+1.08%	$26.32 billion
2026-10-09	$81,685.89	-1.92%	$42.76 billion
2026-10-08	$83,282.05	-2.64%	$39.45 billion
2026-10-07	$85,540.09	-0.27%	$26.92 billion
2026-10-06	$85,770.87	-0.83%	$31.36 billion
2026-10-05	$86,489.73	+2.06%	$17.43 billion
2026-10-04	$84,742.79	+0.28%	$14.79 billion
2026-10-03	$84,506.47	-0.40%	$45.42 billion
2026-10-02	$84,841.67	+1.51%	$33.10 billion
2026-10-01	$83,576.13	-0.08%	$35.07 billion
2026-09-30	$83,640.10	+0.19%	$29.01 billion
2026-09-29	$83,479.25	-1.15%	$41.54 billion
2026-09-28	$84,448.75	+0.04%	$21.93 billion
2026-09-27	$84,416.71	+0.41%	$18.03 billion
2026-09-26	$84,075.72	-0.36%	$35.90 billion
2026-09-25	$84,377.97	-0.01%	$38.04 billion
2026-09-24	$84,382.40	-2.09%	$43.74 billion
2026-09-23	$86,183.29	-0.48%	$43.50 billion
2026-09-22	$86,596.74	+6.69%	$61.25 billion
2026-09-21	$81,169.04	-0.08%	$23.79 billion
2026-09-20	$81,236.41	+0.45%	$24.06 billion
2026-09-19	$80,873.58	+5.90%	$44.74 billion
2026-09-18	$76,371.36	+0.29%	$23.63 billion
2026-09-17	$76,146.81	+0.74%	$30.78 billion

Daily analysis log

A dated, factual note for every day: the move vs the prior day, vs the 7, 30 and 200-day averages, volume vs average and distance from the all-time high. Newest first.

Oct 16, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) up 0.8% vs yesterday's close, 35% below its record

Price $82,255.00, +0.80% vs the prior day's $81,603.65.
Versus 7-day average $82,563.10 (-0.37%); 30-day average $83,192.52 (-1.13%); 200-day average $72,279.06 (+13.80%).
24h volume $28.38 billion, 0.89x its 30-day average.
34.8% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Oct 15, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) down 1.8% on the day, 35% below its record

Price $81,603.65, -1.82% vs the prior day's $83,115.10.
Versus 7-day average $82,481.79 (-1.06%); 30-day average $82,970.36 (-1.65%); 200-day average $72,197.52 (+13.03%).
24h volume $33.81 billion, 1.06x its 30-day average.
35.3% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Oct 14, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) up 1.6% on the day, 34% below its record

Price $83,115.10, +1.61% vs the prior day's $81,794.85.
Versus 7-day average $82,721.56 (+0.48%); 30-day average $82,856.01 (+0.31%); 200-day average $72,121.45 (+15.24%).
24h volume $31.22 billion, 1.00x its 30-day average.
34.1% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Oct 13, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) down 2.3% on the day, 35% below its record

Price $81,794.85, -2.27% vs the prior day's $83,690.87.
Versus 7-day average $83,067.99 (-1.53%); 30-day average $82,646.15 (-1.03%); 200-day average $72,037.52 (+13.54%).
24h volume $27.71 billion, 0.90x its 30-day average.
35.1% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Oct 12, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) up 0.9% on the day, 34% below its record

Price $83,690.87, +0.93% vs the prior day's $82,917.90.
Versus 7-day average $83,635.99 (+0.07%); 30-day average $82,495.04 (+1.45%); 200-day average $71,972.18 (+16.28%).
24h volume $15.15 billion, 0.48x its 30-day average.
33.6% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Oct 11, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) up 0.4% on the day, 34% below its record

Price $82,917.90, +0.43% vs the prior day's $82,564.29.
Versus 7-day average $84,035.83 (-1.33%); 30-day average $82,278.79 (+0.78%); 200-day average $71,910.25 (+15.31%).
24h volume $14.84 billion, 0.46x its 30-day average.
34.2% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Oct 10, 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) up 1.1% on the day, 35% below its record

Price $82,564.29, +1.08% vs the prior day's $81,685.89.
Versus 7-day average $84,296.53 (-2.05%); 30-day average $82,066.70 (+0.61%); 200-day average $71,848.30 (+14.91%).
24h volume $26.32 billion, 0.81x its 30-day average.
34.5% below the all-time high of $126,080 (2025-10-06).

Things to know before you trade BTC

Volatility: over the last 30 days BTC moved an average of 1.26% per day (annualized volatility about 37%), with 2 day(s) moving more than 5%.
Liquidity: 24h volume is $28.38 billion, about 1.7% of market cap.
Supply: 95.7% of the 21,000,000 max supply is circulating; 901,157 BTC could still enter circulation.
Where it trades: highest reported 24h volume on CoinUp.io ($3.54 billion), BTCC ($3.40 billion), Pionex ($2.42 billion), Binance ($2.06 billion), BloFin ($1.49 billion).
Age: launched 2009-01-03, about 17.8 years ago.
Risk: crypto prices can fall sharply and you can lose all of the money you put in. This page is information only, not advice.

FAQ

What is the price of Bitcoin (BTC) today?

Bitcoin is trading at $82,255.00 as of Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC, +0.73% over 24 hours (CoinGecko).

What is Bitcoin's market cap?

$1.65 trillion, ranked #1 by market cap.

What is Bitcoin's all-time high?

$126,080, set on 2025-10-06. It is -34.76% from that level now.

How many BTC are in circulation?

20,098,843 BTC circulating out of a max supply of 21,000,000.

When was Bitcoin launched?

Its genesis date is 2009-01-03.

Information only. Not financial or investment advice and not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any asset. No price predictions. Data: CoinGecko; may be delayed or inaccurate.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Latest Crypto Analysis Report – Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC