Bitcoin Holds Above $84K as Greed Persists
BTC is up 8.85% on the week while Ondo leads a mixed altcoin board and Bitget confirms a $352M breach.
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:10 GMT · written by the desk from live feeds
Key points
- •Bitcoin trades at $84,262, up 8.85% over seven days and 33.17% below its $126,080 all-time high.
- •Ondo leads 24-hour gainers at 23.18%, while Bitway falls 13.82%.
- •Fear & Greed reads 71 (Greed), with the desk sentiment gauge at 57.
- •OKX BTC-USDT swap funding is 0.0076% per eight hours, with open interest of $2.41B.
- •Bitget confirms a $352M breach, with CoinDesk reporting spoofed transfers and CoinTelegraph reporting the CEO suspects North Korea.
Bitcoin Steadies After a Strong Week
Bitcoin trades at $84,262, up 0.09% over 24 hours and 8.85% across seven days. The session range is narrow: a high of $84,845 and a low of $82,941. Over the past 288 hours the asset has climbed 9.01%, from $77,297 to $84,262, printing a period high of $86,796 and a low of $75,898.
The market cap stands at $1.69T on $37.69B of 24-hour volume. Bitcoin remains 33.17% below its all-time high of $126,080, and dominance sits at 58.58%.
Altcoins Diverge
ETH changes hands at $2,681.65, down 0.37% on the day but up 8.14% on the week. XRP leads the large caps with a 1.22% daily gain and 15.70% over seven days, while Solana adds 0.96% to $116.46. TRON slips 1.34%.
The wider top ten is mixed. Among gainers, Ondo rises 23.18% to $0.531115 and is up 37.38% on the week. Chainlink gains 7.83%, Stellar 7.59% and Litecoin 4.79%. Bitway falls 13.82% to $0.921932, with Bitcoin Cash down 2.38% at $333.27.
Sentiment and Network
The Fear & Greed index reads 71, labelled Greed, unchanged from yesterday. The desk sentiment gauge reads 57, also Greed. Total market cap across all assets is $2.88T on $106.62B of volume, with the aggregate market cap down 2.42% over 24 hours.
On-chain conditions are quiet. Bitcoin fees sit at 1 sat/vB across fastest, half-hour, hour and economy tiers. The difficulty adjustment is 41.27% complete, with 1,184 blocks remaining and a projected change of -2.81%.
Derivatives show a funding rate of 0.0076% per eight hours on the OKX BTC-USDT swap, with open interest of $2.41B. DeFi total value locked is $94.96B, led by Ethereum at $53.42B, Solana at $6.46B and Base at $6.18B.
Headlines to Watch
CoinDesk reports that Bitget's $352 million hack occurred via spoofed transfers rather than compromised private keys, according to CEO Gray Chen. CoinTelegraph reports the exchange's CEO suspects North Korea is behind the breach, citing IP clues. CoinDesk also reports New York has sued Polymarket, alleging an illegal gambling operation, and that the Federal Reserve has moved on proposals to implement the GENIUS Act for stablecoins. CoinTelegraph reports researchers have proposed Zcash-style private Bitcoin transfers without a soft fork, and that Block is bringing Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents. CoinTelegraph notes Bitcoin steadied while ONDO rallied as US Treasury yields hit 2007 highs.
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The exact data bank handed to the model (deepseek / deepseek-flash) at 2026-09-25T06:00:10.680Z. The model may use nothing else. Sources: CoinGecko, Alternative.me, DeFiLlama, mempool.space, OKX, and the RSS headlines listed.
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