- Market cap
- $1.64 trillion
- 24h volume
- $23.78 billion
- All-time high
- $126,080
Updated October 20, 2026, 13:43 UTC · Data: CoinGecko
The Bitcoin price today is $81,583, down 0.87% in the past 24 hours. BTC has traded between $81,155 and $82,457 over the last day, and its total market value is $1.64 trillion. Bitcoin is 35.3% below its all-time high of $126,080, set on October 6, 2025.
Chart data: CoinGecko.
Why is Bitcoin down today? What the charts show
Bitcoin is down 0.87% in the past 24 hours, on trading volume 24% below its 30-day average. The daily trend is not clear-cut: the price is below its 50-day average of $81,536 but above its 200-day average of $72,642. The 50-day average crossed above the 200-day average on September 8, 2026, a golden cross.
The 14-day RSI is 46, which is close to neutral. MACD is below its signal line, a bearish reading since September 29, 2026.
The nearest support is the S2 pivot at $80,772, 0.7% below the price, and the nearest resistance is the 50-day average at $81,536, 0.2% above it. Over the last 14 days the average daily range (ATR) has been 2.4% of the price.
Across the 50 indicators we track on the daily chart, 13 read bullish, 12 neutral and 25 bearish, a bearish rating overall. On the 4-hour chart the rating is strongly bearish.
Based on 50 indicators on the daily chart, using Bitstamp BTC/USD candles.
1 Lower-timeframe momentum (5m / 30m)7/7
- 5m RSI above 50 RSI 58.1
- 5m RSI stops making lower lows
- 5m bullish divergence (price lower low, RSI higher low)
- 5m MACD bullish crossover (last 5 bars)
- 5m MACD histogram positive
- 30m RSI above 50 RSI 51.1
- 30m MACD histogram positive
2 Lower-timeframe moving averages2/4
- Price reclaims 20 EMA (5m)
- 5m 20 EMA above 50 EMA
- 30m 20 EMA above 50 EMA
- 1h 20 EMA above 50 EMA
3 Bullish clues forming (1h / 4h)1/5
- 1h RSI holds above 50 RSI 46.6
- 1h MACD stays positive
- Price above 20 EMA and 50 EMA on 1h
- Volume rising on green candles (1h)
- Previous 4h lower high broken needs above $82,170
4 Strong confirmation (4h)0/4
- 4h closes above key swing high needs above $83,062
- 4h RSI reclaims 50 RSI 47.6
- 4h MACD bullish cross (last 5 bars)
- 4h 20 EMA flattens and turns upward
The bearish version of the checklist meets 8 of 20. Checks use Bitstamp BTC/USD candles on the 5-minute, 30-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour charts.
Bullish factors17
- Golden/Death cross (50/200) Golden cross, SMA50 above SMA200 since September 8 TA
- SMA (200) Price above SMA200, long-term trend up TA
- Ichimoku Cloud (9, 26, 52) Price above the cloud TA
- EMA (200) Price above EMA200 TA
- SuperTrend (10, 3) Uptrend TA
- Stochastic RSI (14, 14, 3, 3) Oversold RSI TA
- Heavy volume Of the 8 highest-volume days, 6 closed higher and 2 closed lower. Pattern
- Volume surge On days with volume at least 1.5 times the average, BTC moved +2.59% on average (11 days). Pattern
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- EMA (50) Price above EMA50 TA
- SMA (100) Price above SMA100 TA
- EMA (100) Price above EMA100 TA
- Hull MA (21) Price above the Hull MA TA
- TEMA (21) Price above TEMA TA
- EMA cross (20/50) EMA20 above EMA50 since August 20 TA
- TRIX (15) Above zero TA
- Rebounds After a daily drop of 3% or more, BTC closed higher the next day in 100% of cases (2 of 2). Pattern
- Streaks Longest winning streak: 5 days in a row. Pattern
Bearish factors28
- MACD (12, 26, 9) MACD below its signal line since September 29 TA
- SMA (50) Price below SMA50 TA
- ADX / DMI (14) Downtrend, +DI below -DI TA
- Parabolic SAR (0.02, 0.2) Downtrend, SAR above price TA
- Pivot Points (Classic) Below the pivot, bearish bias TA
- On-Balance Volume OBV below its 20-period average TA
- Volume → price On 44% of the days when volume was above average, BTC closed higher (18 of 41 days). Pattern
- Current streak BTC closed lower on the last full day, ending a winning run. Pattern
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- SMA (20) Price below SMA20 TA
- EMA (20) Price below EMA20 TA
- SMA (10) Price below SMA10 TA
- EMA (10) Price below EMA10 TA
- WMA (20) Price below WMA20 TA
- DEMA (21) Price below DEMA TA
- VWMA (20) Price below the volume-weighted MA TA
- KAMA (10, 2, 30) Price below KAMA TA
- Ichimoku Base Line (26) Price below the Kijun TA
- Ichimoku TK cross Tenkan below Kijun TA
- Aroon (25) Aroon Down strong, new lows TA
- Vortex (14) VI+ below VI- TA
- Bull Bear Power (13) Sellers stronger than buyers TA
- Momentum (10) Price lower than 10 candles ago TA
- Rate of Change (12) Down over 12 candles TA
- Awesome Oscillator Below zero and falling TA
- Chaikin Money Flow (20) Money flowing out TA
- Accumulation/Distribution Distribution, A/D below its average TA
- Force Index (13) Selling force TA
- Streaks BTC has not closed lower more than 4 days in a row in the last 90 days. Pattern
All 50 indicators on the daily chart
| Indicator | Value | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Moving averages (16) | ||
| SMA (10) | $82,029 | bearish Price below SMA10 |
| SMA (20) | $83,132 | bearish Price below SMA20 |
| SMA (50) | $81,536 | bearish Price below SMA50 |
| SMA (100) | $74,556 | bullish Price above SMA100 |
| SMA (200) | $72,642 | bullish Price above SMA200, long-term trend up |
| EMA (10) | $82,047 | bearish Price below EMA10 |
| EMA (20) | $82,385 | bearish Price below EMA20 |
| EMA (50) | $80,564 | bullish Price above EMA50 |
| EMA (100) | $77,147 | bullish Price above EMA100 |
| EMA (200) | $75,983 | bullish Price above EMA200 |
| WMA (20) | $82,409 | bearish Price below WMA20 |
| Hull MA (21) | $81,187 | bullish Price above the Hull MA |
| TEMA (21) | $81,275 | bullish Price above TEMA |
| DEMA (21) | $82,560 | bearish Price below DEMA |
| VWMA (20) | $83,082 | bearish Price below the volume-weighted MA |
| KAMA (10, 2, 30) | $82,910 | bearish Price below KAMA |
| Trend (11) | ||
| Golden/Death cross (50/200) | bullish Golden cross, SMA50 above SMA200 since September 8 | |
| EMA cross (20/50) | bullish EMA20 above EMA50 since August 20 | |
| Ichimoku Cloud (9, 26, 52) | bullish Price above the cloud | |
| Ichimoku Base Line (26) | $83,457 | bearish Price below the Kijun |
| Ichimoku TK cross | bearish Tenkan below Kijun | |
| Parabolic SAR (0.02, 0.2) | $83,990 | bearish Downtrend, SAR above price |
| SuperTrend (10, 3) | $79,667 | bullish Uptrend |
| ADX / DMI (14) | 20.07 | bearish Downtrend, +DI below -DI |
| Aroon (25) | -52.00 | bearish Aroon Down strong, new lows |
| Vortex (14) | -0.30 | bearish VI+ below VI- |
| Bull Bear Power (13) | -$1,196 | bearish Sellers stronger than buyers |
| Oscillators (9) | ||
| RSI (14) | 45.98 | neutral Neutral |
| RSI (9) | 41.63 | neutral Neutral |
| Stochastic (14, 3, 3) | 30.13 | neutral Neutral |
| Stochastic RSI (14, 14, 3, 3) | 8.36 | bullish Oversold RSI |
| Williams %R (14) | -72.06 | neutral Neutral |
| CCI (20) | -79.81 | neutral Between -100 and 100 |
| Ultimate Oscillator (7, 14, 28) | 45.92 | neutral Neutral |
| Chande Momentum (14) | -31.76 | neutral Neutral |
| Money Flow Index (14) | 41.12 | neutral Neutral |
| Momentum (6) | ||
| MACD (12, 26, 9) | -88.65 | bearish MACD below its signal line since September 29 |
| MACD histogram | -385.34 | neutral Histogram negative and rising |
| Momentum (10) | -$1,581 | bearish Price lower than 10 candles ago |
| Rate of Change (12) | -0.41% | bearish Down over 12 candles |
| Awesome Oscillator | -1,446 | bearish Below zero and falling |
| TRIX (15) | 0.05 | bullish Above zero |
| Volume (4) | ||
| On-Balance Volume | bearish OBV below its 20-period average | |
| Chaikin Money Flow (20) | -0.11 | bearish Money flowing out |
| Accumulation/Distribution | bearish Distribution, A/D below its average | |
| Force Index (13) | -243,553 | bearish Selling force |
| Bands and levels (4) | ||
| Bollinger Bands (20, 2) | neutral Inside the bands | |
| Keltner Channels (20, 2) | neutral Inside the channel | |
| Donchian Channels (20) | neutral Inside the 20-candle range | |
| Pivot Points (Classic) | $82,184 | bearish Below the pivot, bearish bias |
Key levels today
| Daily pivot | Price | From price |
|---|---|---|
| R3 | $84,129 | +3.43% |
| R2 | $83,595 | +2.77% |
| R1 | $82,718 | +1.69% |
| Pivot | $82,184 | +1.04% |
| S1 | $81,306 | -0.04% |
| S2 | $80,772 | -0.70% |
| S3 | $79,895 | -1.78% |
All readings are calculated automatically from Bitstamp's BTC/USD candles, including the candle still forming, and refresh every minute. Pivots come from yesterday's daily candle. Volume indicators use Bitstamp's volume only. These readings describe the chart; they are not trading advice.
Bitcoin price patterns: last 90 days
How Bitcoin's daily moves and trading volume have behaved over the last 90 full days, recalculated every day.
What the last 90 days show
- Volume → price On 44% of the days when volume was above average, BTC closed higher (18 of 41 days).
- Heavy volume Of the 8 highest-volume days, 6 closed higher and 2 closed lower.
- Streaks BTC has not closed lower more than 4 days in a row in the last 90 days.
- Streaks Longest winning streak: 5 days in a row.
- Current streak BTC closed lower on the last full day, ending a winning run.
- Mean reversion After a daily gain of 5% or more, BTC closed lower the next day in 50% of cases (3 of 6).
- Rebounds After a daily drop of 3% or more, BTC closed higher the next day in 100% of cases (2 of 2).
- Extremes Biggest daily gain: +7.25% on August 21, 2026. Biggest daily drop: -3.30% on September 15, 2026.
- Correlation Strong correlation between volume and the size of the daily move (r = 0.66): big moves tend to come with heavy volume.
- Volume surge On days with volume at least 1.5 times the average, BTC moved +2.59% on average (11 days).
Daily closes and total trading volume across all markets from CoinGecko (UTC days). Green bars are days that closed higher. Past patterns don't predict the next move.
Bitcoin price in other currencies
One bitcoin in the main currencies our readers use, updated with the live price.
| Currency | 1 BTC | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| US dollar (USD) | $81,583.00 | -0.87% |
| Euro (EUR) | €72,629.00 | -0.96% |
| British pound (GBP) | £60,948.00 | -1.32% |
| Indian rupee (INR) | ₹77,31,425.00 | -0.95% |
| Nigerian naira (NGN) | ₦108,444,504.00 | -1.19% |
Bitcoin price converter
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Bitcoin price history by year
Bitcoin's opening, high, low and closing price for every year since 2012, in US dollars. The current year updates every day.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $87,496 | $97,939 | $57,735 | $81,341 | -7.0% | Year to date, through October 20, 2026. |
| 2025 | $93,347 | $126,272 | $74,434 | $87,496 | -6.3% | All-time high of $126,080 on October 6, 2025. |
| 2024 | $42,258 | $108,364 | $38,505 | $93,381 | +121.0% | US spot Bitcoin ETFs launched in January; fourth halving in April (3.125 BTC); passed $100,000 in December. |
| 2023 | $16,530 | $44,729 | $16,496 | $42,258 | +155.6% | Recovered through the year; BlackRock and others applied for spot Bitcoin ETFs in June. |
| 2022 | $46,230 | $48,234 | $15,479 | $16,528 | -64.2% | The Terra/Luna (May) and FTX (November) collapses drove a bear market. |
| 2021 | $29,000 | $69,000 | $27,734 | $46,214 | +59.4% | Record highs in April and November; El Salvador made BTC legal tender in September. |
| 2020 | $7,161 | $29,300 | $3,850 | $28,993 | +304.9% | Crashed in March as COVID-19 hit markets; third halving in May (6.25 BTC); passed $20,000 for the first time in December. |
| 2019 | $3,694 | $13,880 | $3,322 | $7,168 | +94.1% | Recovered above $13,000 in June, then gave back part of the gain. |
| 2018 | $13,880 | $17,235 | $3,122 | $3,693 | -73.4% | Fell more than 80% from the 2017 peak by December. |
| 2017 | $966 | $19,666 | $751 | $13,880 | +1,336.3% | Rallied to nearly $20,000 in December. |
| 2016 | $431 | $981 | $352 | $966 | +124.3% | Second halving in July cut the reward to 12.5 BTC. |
| 2015 | $321 | $502 | $152 | $431 | +34.2% | Bear market low in January, then a slow recovery. |
| 2014 | $732 | $995 | $275 | $321 | -56.1% | Mt. Gox collapsed in February, starting a long bear market. |
| 2013 | $13.24 | $1,163 | $12.77 | $732 | +5,428.7% | First climb above $1,000, in November. |
| 2012 | $4.58 | $16.41 | $3.80 | $13.24 | +189.1% | First halving in November cut the block reward from 50 to 25 BTC. |
Source: Bitstamp BTC/USD daily candles (UTC). One exchange's prices can differ slightly from index prices such as CoinGecko's. For the early years, see our guide to the Bitcoin price in 2010.
What would $100 in Bitcoin be worth today?
$100 of Bitcoin bought on January 1, 2021 at $29,403 would be worth $277 today, a gain of 177%. Try another amount or date:
Uses the Bitstamp BTC/USD close on the chosen day and the live price. Fees and taxes are not included.
When is the next Bitcoin halving?
The next Bitcoin halving, the fifth, is expected around March 2028 at block 1,050,000; at the current pace that is March 10, 2028. It will cut the reward for mining a block from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC. Blocks have averaged 9.4 minutes recently, so the date moves a little as mining speeds up or slows down.
Block data: mempool.space.
What moves the Bitcoin price?
- Fixed supply and the halving. Only 21 million BTC will ever exist, and every halving cuts the rate of new supply in half. Past halvings were followed by large price swings, though the timing has never been the same twice.
- ETF and institutional flows. Spot Bitcoin ETFs buy and sell real BTC when investors add or withdraw money, so heavy inflows or outflows feed straight into demand.
- Interest rates and the dollar. Bitcoin tends to trade like a risk asset. Expectations of higher rates or a stronger US dollar usually weigh on it, and expectations of cuts usually help.
- Leverage and liquidations. Futures traders often borrow to increase their positions. A sharp move can force those positions to close, which pushes the price further in the same direction.
- News and sentiment. Regulation, exchange failures, hacks and large holders moving coins can change sentiment quickly, and the market trades every hour of every day.
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For where analysts think BTC goes next, see our Bitcoin price prediction.
Bitcoin price FAQ
What is the price of Bitcoin today?
One bitcoin is worth $81,583.00 as of 13:43 UTC on October 20, 2026, down 0.87% in 24 hours. The price on this page refreshes every minute.
What is Bitcoin's all-time high?
Bitcoin's highest price is $126,080, set on October 6, 2025. It now trades 35.3% below that level.
How many bitcoins are left to mine?
About 20,098,843 BTC are in circulation, 95.71% of the 21 million maximum. The remaining 901,157 BTC will be mined gradually until around 2140.
When is the next Bitcoin halving?
The next halving is expected around March 2028, at block 1,050,000. That is 77,668 blocks after the current block 972,332. The block reward will fall from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC. The date is an estimate based on recent block times.
Is Bitcoin bullish or bearish right now?
On the daily chart Bitcoin's technical rating is bearish: 13 of the 50 indicators we track read bullish, 12 neutral and 25 bearish. On the 4-hour chart it is strongly bearish. Ratings describe the chart and change often; they are not a prediction.
Is Bitcoin overbought right now?
Bitcoin's 14-day RSI is 46. Traders usually read 70 or higher as overbought and 30 or lower as oversold, so BTC is neither overbought nor oversold on the daily chart. RSI describes momentum; it does not predict the next move.
What was the Bitcoin price at the start of 2026?
Bitcoin opened 2026 at $87,496 on Bitstamp. At $81,583 it is down 6.8% for the year so far.
Why does the Bitcoin price change so much?
Bitcoin trades around the clock on hundreds of markets, and its supply is fixed, so changes in demand move the price directly. The main drivers are money flowing into or out of spot Bitcoin ETFs, interest-rate expectations, the strength of the US dollar, leveraged positions being liquidated, and the four-year halving cycle.
How this page works
This page updates itself. Prices, market data, the charts up to one year and the 90-day patterns come from CoinGecko and refresh every minute. The yearly history and the all-time chart use Bitstamp's BTC/USD daily candles. The technical analysis computes 50 indicators on Bitstamp's 5-minute to daily candles, then rates each one bullish, neutral or bearish by fixed rules. Block height and the halving estimate come from mempool.space. The text around the numbers is written automatically from the same data.
Cryptocurrency prices are volatile and you can lose money. Nothing on this page is financial advice.
