Bitcoin Week in Review: Below $80,000 as the Fed Meeting Arrives
Bitcoin slipped 2.44% to near $80,134 as oil, tech stocks and bond volatility drove risk-off selling. The Fed meets October 27 to 28.
A weekly Bitcoin markets read — price, ETF flows, macro, derivatives, on-chain. Seven days of data, synthesized into one Monday morning brief. No hot takes, no predictions — what actually registered.
Bitcoin slipped 2.44% to near $80,134 as oil, tech stocks and bond volatility drove risk-off selling. The Fed meets October 27 to 28.
A hot September CPI print pushed Bitcoin briefly under $80,000 before a recovery to $82,081. ETF outflows, record weekly hashrate, and FOMC in eight days.
Bitcoin fell 2.93% on the week after an Iran-driven oil spike and a $1 billion liquidation wave. US CPI is due Wednesday; the FOMC meets October 27.
Bitcoin traded $82,776.25 to $87,149.58 as 30-year yields hit 2002 highs, ETF flows split by issuer, and fees held at 1 sat/vB.
Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $2.4 billion this week, erasing 2026's deficit, as BTC pulled back from $87,400 to the low $83,000s on a Treasury yield spike.
Bitcoin rose 8.53% to $84,456.65 and cleared its 50-week average, absorbing a Fed rate hike and a failed CLARITY Act vote on the way up from $75,021.31.