Long-term holders had an average cost basis of about $49,300, compared with $74,400 for recent buyers. A further price decline could bring greater selling pressure from newer buyers.
Higher US CPI fuels Fed rate hike fears, yet key on-chain indicators signal a shallower bear market.
Bitcoin's liquidation wave has weakened market structure, leaving traders watching $80,000 support for signs of stabilization.
The proposal keeps BTC on the Bitcoin network while using a transfer-restricted Ethereum token to represent collateral. Further community votes and security analysis remain.
Bitcoin's price hovered near $81,200 on Oct. 15, 2026, at 5 a.m. Eastern time, after falling as low as $80,154, leaving the $80,000 threshold squarely in traders' sights. Short-term moving averages remain bearish, while longer-term indicators offer some encouragement.
Bitcoin registered an intraday low of $81,514.28 on Oct. 14 as September CPI came in hotter than forecast, with headline inflation at 3.7% year over year against 3.6% expected and core at 2.6% against 2.5%. Glassnode's latest on-chain data suggests a calmer holder base than the price action.
The bank thinks that an improving U.S. economy and Bitcoin ETF inflows will boost the coin's price. A pre-halving run-up could also occur within the same time frame.
Babylon's proposal to bring native Bitcoin collateral to Aave V4 has entered a new governance stage, but further votes and security reviews remain before launch.
Bitcoin was quoted at $81,452 in the Oct. 15 snapshot. Binance spot markets showed heavier buy orders, but at a smaller scale than its perpetual market.
A legal dispute in the UK questions the legality of certain crypto derivatives operations. A British engineer claims 324.8 bitcoins, valued at approximately 26.5 million dollars as of October 14, 2026, after more than a thousand losing trades.
Key TakeawaysBitcoin trades at $81,447.00, down 2.5% in 24 hours and 2.2% over seven days.Total crypto market cap stands at $2.75T after a 5.5% drop in
Altcoin Daily attributed Bitcoin's sharp pullback to oil-driven inflation that rate hikes cannot easily resolve. It identified support near $77,200 and $72,000 while calling the correction a buying opportunity.