Bitcoin Holds Above $81,000 as Greed Returns to the Tape
BTC adds 4.46% in 24 hours and altcoins outrun it, while the Fear and Greed index jumps 15 points to 71.
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:00:10 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Bitcoin trades at $81,036, up 4.46% in 24 hours and 35.73% below its all-time high of $126,080.
- •XRP leads large caps with an 8.88% daily gain to $1.44; Monero tops the 24-hour gainers at 9.19%.
- •The Fear and Greed index rises to 71 (Greed) from 56 a day earlier.
- •OKX BTC-USDT perpetual funding sits at 0.01% per eight hours with $2.52B open interest.
- •Total crypto market capitalisation is $2.79T, up 1.41% in 24 hours, with BTC dominance at 58.28%.
Bitcoin trades at $81,036, up 4.46% over 24 hours and 4.80% across the week, according to data as of 05:45 UTC. The session range ran from a low of $77,357 to a high of $81,675, and the asset sits 35.73% below its all-time high of $126,080. Over the past 144 hours the price has travelled from $77,297 to $81,036, a gain of 4.84% that included a dip to $75,898.
Altcoins Lead the Session
The broader market moved with it. Total market capitalisation stands at $2.79T, up 1.41% in 24 hours, on $126.51B of volume. Bitcoin dominance is 58.28%.
Among large caps, XRP is the standout, up 8.88% on the day at $1.44. Solana rose 6.84% to $112.72 and is up 10.60% over the week. Ethereum added 5.78% to $2,627.30, while BNB gained 1.36% to $763.24. Zcash stands at $1,545.29 after a 34.60% seven-day advance.
Further down the table, Monero leads the 24-hour gainers at $573.55, up 9.19%. Avalanche rose 7.79% to $8.51, Aave 7.58% to $143.86 and Bittensor 6.60% to $257.06. On the other side, Pump.fun slipped 2.88% to $0.00412141, and LEO Token eased 0.29% to $8.89.
Sentiment Flips, Funding Stays Flat
The Fear and Greed index reads 71, or Greed, against 56 yesterday. The desk sentiment gauge sits at 62, also Greed.
Derivatives show little stress. On OKX's BTC-USDT perpetual, the funding rate is 0.01% per eight hours, with open interest of $2.52B.
In DeFi, total value locked across tracked chains is $93.18B. Ethereum accounts for $52.55B, ahead of Solana at $6.31B, Base at $5.89B, BSC at $5.75B and Tron at $5.56B.
On-chain, Bitcoin fee estimates sit at 2 sat/vB for the fastest confirmation and 1 sat/vB across the half-hour, hour and economy tiers. The difficulty adjustment is 99.45% complete, with 11 blocks remaining and a projected change of 4.01%.
Regulatory Headlines Keep Coming
Bitcoin Magazine reported that European Central Bank President blocked Binance's EU entry, and that the CFTC sent a proposal to regulate crypto transactions following the failure of the Clarity Act. Decrypt and CoinTelegraph both reported Coinbase filing to list single-stock perpetual futures on Apple, Tesla and Nvidia. CoinTelegraph also covered Binance launching 24/7 FX perps with a weekend pricing system, and noted crypto stocks rebounding after the CLARITY Act selloff. Bitcoin Magazine described the move above $81,000 as occurring despite the Clarity Act failure and an interest rate hike.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-19T06:00:10.621Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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