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Bitcoin at 81722.50, Asia range 9625 points

Our calendar covers the next 24 hours and lists no release of impact 2 or 3

BTCUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 18, 2026, 10:45 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 81722.50, near the top of the Asia session range of 9625 points between 80783.00 and 81745.50. The round numbers sit close either side, 81730.00 above and 81720.00 below. The nearest larger levels are the previous session high at 82040.00 above and the session open at 80960.00 below.

New York closed at 80829.50 after a range of 14715 points, and the prior trading day ran 16395 points between 80568.50 and 82208.00. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 20944.3 points, and the latest day sits at the 39th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Large speculators are net long 2534 contracts, a change of -6 on the week, the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Both headlines are graded impact 1 of 3 for BTCUSD: the New Zealand services sector report at 21:46 UTC and the US-EU Starlink spectrum report at 20:36 UTC.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, Asia sessionOpen 80960.00, high 81745.50, low 80783.00, close 81722.50: a range of 9625 points over 100 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. BTCUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. BTCUSD, New York sessionOpen 81961.50, high 82040.00, low 80568.50, close 80829.50: a range of 14715 points over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 20944.3 points. The latest day sits at the 39th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 133741Large speculators are net long 2534 contracts, a change of -6 on the week. That is the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  6. New Zealand services sector grows for four months straight as PSI holds at 50.9investingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  7. US threatens EU with devastating retaliation if Brussels curbs Starlink spectrum accessinvestingLive. Graded impact 1 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  8. Economic calendar for BTC and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-19 22:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-17 00:00 UTC.

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