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BTC / USD
31 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
25 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
3 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
4 Aug 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
THE BRIEFING
16 Oct 2026 · Erin Douglas
Lightning Labs has published LayerTree, a Bitcoin scaling design that attempts to let large groups of users share a single UTXO while preserving individual exit rights. Instead of placing each participant's balance in a separate on-chain output, LayerTree stores balances in an…
Read the full story ↗THE DEFI FOOTPRINT
DeFi TVL is distinct from Bitcoin’s price and market capitalization. Observed · 01 Nov 2026, 15:45 UTC.
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THE CHRONOLOGY
A running record of our Bitcoin coverage and tracked project publications. Read the essentials here, then follow a story for the detail. Dates show when something was published, which may differ from when the underlying event happened.
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Price observed at $77,076.07. Reported 24-hour change: -1.60%.
Price observed at $78,326.97. Reported 24-hour change: 7.28%.
Price observed at $73,013.00. Reported 24-hour change: 5.37%.
Price observed at $69,289.44. Reported 24-hour change: 7.12%.
Price observed at $64,681.22. Reported 24-hour change: 0.30%.
Price observed at $64,487.65. Reported 24-hour change: 2.64%.
Price observed at $62,829.64. Reported 24-hour change: -0.31%.
Price observed at $63,024.64. Reported 24-hour change: 0.07%.
Price observed at $62,977.61. Reported 24-hour change: -0.69%.
Price observed at $63,418.16. Reported 24-hour change: 0.01%.
Price observed at $63,410.39. Reported 24-hour change: -0.22%.
Price observed at $63,547.05. Reported 24-hour change: -0.57%.
Price observed at $63,912.50. Reported 24-hour change: -1.44%.
Price observed at $64,848.91. Reported 24-hour change: -0.09%.
Price observed at $64,908.49. Reported 24-hour change: 0.04%.
Price observed at $64,884.16. Reported 24-hour change: 0.97%.
Bitcoin trading activity on Binance has tilted further toward derivatives, with the exchange’s futures-to-spot volume ratio reaching a record 7.82, based on CryptoQuant data. Daily Bitcoin futures volume reached $57.82 billion during the measured period, compared with $6.08 billion in spot trading.…
Bitcoin improvement proposal BIP-110 is approaching a critical stage in its activation schedule, with mandatory signaling set to begin at block 961,632. The enforcement window had not started at the time of writing, making the immediate development a countdown to the predefined…
Price observed at $64,259.67. Reported 24-hour change: -0.53%.
Price observed at $64,602.32. Reported 24-hour change: 0.86%.
All published, unprotected stories in this project’s category are available through these pages. Official publications cover the last 180 days of our tracked sources. Publication entries use publication dates. Market entries use the source observation time, with one record per UTC day.
BENEATH THE HEADLINES
CHAIN PROGRESS
Block height counts the chain’s progress. It is not a transaction count or an estimate of network usage.
Observed · 01 Nov 2026, 16:30 UTCWAITING TO BE INCLUDED
A node’s view of waiting transactions. Queues differ across nodes and can change before confirmation.
Observed · 01 Nov 2026, 16:30 UTCCOST TO TRANSACT
Fee rate per virtual byte, not total transaction cost. Time targets are estimates, not guarantees.
Observed · 01 Nov 2026, 16:30 UTCBITCOIN’S DEFI ECOSYSTEM
Daily TVL observations use their own scale. USD prices and protocol coverage can change the total without a matching change in token deposits. Observed · 01 Nov 2026, 14:55 UTC.
Fees describe current transaction demand in the observed snapshot. TVL describes a separate slice of DeFi activity. Neither is a complete measure of Bitcoin adoption, investment demand or network security.
BUILD & SHIP
Follow published Bitcoin software versions and open their release notes. Publication order does not establish which branch is the recommended upgrade. Release counts are not developer counts, commit activity or a quality score.
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THE PROJECT IN PERSPECTIVE
Bitcoin is an open network for transferring value without a central operator. Its native asset, BTC, is used for transfers and transaction fees. Proof-of-work miners propose blocks, while validating nodes enforce the protocol’s rules.
The protocol, the asset and the businesses built around them are related but distinct. This dossier brings together newsroom coverage, selected software publications and network observations so those different stories can be followed in context.
PROJECT REFERENCES
Identity references supplied by CoinMarketCap · checked 31 Oct 2026. Repository publications cover only our selected sources.
