Bitcoin (BTC/USD) news & analysis
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) is the price of one bitcoin in US dollars; bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market value.
The reading
The news
Moderate bullish impulse
Priced in
Unclear
What follows
Nothing worth acting on
Reading as of . Research context, not investment advice. It never tells you what to trade.
How a reading is madeWhy is Bitcoin up or down today?
Bitcoin dropped below $82K after being turned back near $84K, with reports citing hundreds of millions in leveraged position liquidations as leverage unwound across crypto markets. The volatility comes amid $150M in Bitcoin and Ether ETF activity linked to BlackRock, a surging dollar index, and choppy trading across altcoins such as NEAR, ZEC, FIL and ICP.
Updated
Latest news
Tuesday, October 13
- Blackrock Drives $150M Bitcoin, Ether ETF SellingBitcoin.com News
- Morning Minute: Bitcoin Gets Spooked as ‘Uptober’ Lets Downdecrypt.co
- ZEC and NEAR Plummet Hard, BTC Recovers From Rollercoaster Ride: Market WatchCryptoPotato
- Why is crypto crashing today? It’s not just CPI positioningAMBCrypto
- Bulls Absorb 89% of $774 Million Crypto Liquidations as Leverage UnwindsBeInCrypto
Monday, October 12
Upcoming economic events
| Event | Forecast | Currency |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 14 | ||
| FOMC Member Bowman Speaks | USD | |
| Core CPI y/y | 2.5% | USD |
| Core CPI m/m | 0.2% | USD |
| CPI m/m | 0.6% | USD |
| CPI y/y | 3.6% | USD |
| FOMC Member Barkin Speaks | USD | |
| Beige Book | USD | |
| FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks | USD | |
Day by day
81 days on record since July 22, 2026. Each column is one day: the bar is its headlines, the mark is the reading at its close.
Recent days
- Tue, Oct 13Neutral15 headlines. Bitcoin fell below $82K after being rejected near $84K, with reports pointing to over $400 million in liquidated positions and a broader $774 million leverage unwind across crypto.
- Mon, Oct 12Neutral17 headlines. Bitcoin was turned back near $84K again while facing pressure connected to a surging Dollar Index.
- Sun, Oct 11Neutral17 headlines. Bitcoin retreated as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a weekly reversal with $679 million in outflows, described as a three-month high, while October has seen redemptions across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana funds.
- Sat, Oct 10Neutral13 headlines. Bitcoin dropped about $7K in three days as crypto majors slid, with headlines citing around $1.1 billion in liquidations, 55K BTC moved to exchanges by speculators, and nearly $730 million in ETF outflows.
- Fri, Oct 9Neutral18 headlines. Bitcoin dropped about $7K in three days, cutting September gains in half amid $1.1B in liquidations and about 55K BTC moved to exchanges by short-term speculators.
Frequently asked questions
- What is BTC/USD?
- BTC/USD is the price of one bitcoin quoted in US dollars. Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market value.
- What moves the price of bitcoin?
- Bitcoin is driven by supply and demand, broad risk sentiment, regulatory news, institutional adoption and flows (including spot ETFs), and macro factors such as interest rates and the US dollar.
- Is bitcoin correlated with other markets?
- Bitcoin has at times moved with risk assets such as tech stocks and inversely to the US dollar, but the relationship varies and is not stable over time.
Not investment advice. For informational purposes only.