This week in crypto: 5 Oct – 11 Oct 2026

The crypto market this week, in one page: the mood, how prices moved and what drove each day.

Sentiment each day

0 = extreme fear, 50 = neutral, 100 = extreme greed. What the score means.

Biggest mood swing

8 Oct: sentiment moved -20 points. Bitcoin slid to about $83,300 and Ethereum dropped nearly 5% after September Fed minutes showed most officials still favor another rate hike by year-end, triggering over $500 million in forced liquidations.

Day by day

• 56Cautiously Optimistic
  Tue 6 Oct

  Bitcoin reclaimed $86,000 and briefly touched $87,000 after fading September jobs data cut the odds of another Fed rate hike this month to under 20%, even as Ether ETFs posted a rare weekly outflow.
• 56Cautiously Optimistic
  Wed 7 Oct

  Bitcoin holds near $85,500 and the majors consolidate just off this week's multi-month highs as Monday's modest Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows snap a recent inflow streak ahead of Wednesday's FOMC minutes.
• 36Fearful
  Thu 8 Oct

  Bitcoin slid to about $83,300 and Ethereum dropped nearly 5% after September Fed minutes showed most officials still favor another rate hike by year-end, triggering over $500 million in forced liquidations.
• 33Fearful
  Fri 9 Oct

  Bitcoin slid to a one-week low near $81,900 and Ether briefly broke below $2,410 as hawkish Fed minutes, a Strait of Hormuz oil spike above $100 a barrel, and roughly $487 million in Wednesday spot Bitcoin ETF outflows extended crypto's selloff into a second day.
• 42Cautious
  Sat 10 Oct

  Bitcoin reclaims $82,000 and stabilizes above $82,600 as crypto markets steady after a $1 billion liquidation cascade tied to hawkish Fed minutes and a Hormuz-driven oil spike.
• 53Cautiously Optimistic
  Sun 11 Oct

  Bitcoin holds above $83,000 and every major token trades higher as crypto's Fear & Greed gauge climbs to 43 from Thursday's 37, extending the rebound from this week's billion-dollar liquidation flush.

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