Daily Bitcoin market analysisLiveAs of 18 Jul 2026, 05:01 UTCRecord Mode

The State of Bitcoin

Understand today’s market in two minutes.

Everything that changed in Bitcoin today, why it matters, and how today’s market compares with history.

Bitcoin price
$63,915.92
+0.0% 24h
This week
+0.0%
Cycle day
Day 820
56% through
Since halving
1.0×
-49% from high
01

The scoreboard

The core HalvingLens readings, at a glance.

02

What changed this week?

The most meaningful developments of the past seven days.

A quiet week — no material shifts across the core readings.

03

Where today sits in history

Descriptive context — not a forecast.

Closest match
Jun 2022
86% similar
Accumulation
77%
more attractive than of weeks
Drawdown rank
55th
of tracked days
Market Health
98th
percentile

Today is historically attractive for accumulation, the broader market reads neutral, and current conditions most closely resemble Jun 2022. Historical context, not prediction.

The full historical range from here
$19.32K·Today $63.92K· $193.86K

How far previous halving cycles went from today’s point — both up and down. Historical paths, not forecasts.

See Historical Price Paths →
04

Chart of the week

The single chart worth looking at right now.

Chart of the week
48% below the cycle high

Bitcoin is 48% off its cycle high — a correction worth putting in historical perspective.

Every cycle has drawn down hard mid-run — the 2016 and 2020 cycles both saw multiple 30%+ corrections on the way up. The chart overlays each cycle's drawdown at the same cycle day, so today's 48% sits against its true peers.

View the live chart →
05

Research corner

This week's finding from the research library.

HL-R0022026-06-30
Extreme Fear: Weakness, or Opportunity?

Since 2018, periods of extreme fear were historically followed by some of Bitcoin's strongest one-year returns — but they were not a short-term timing signal.

Read the research →
06

What we're watching

Objective signals to monitor next week — observations, not predictions.

Whether sentiment changes regime
Fear & Greed 25 (Fear)

Sentiment has mattered most at the extremes, as a contrarian tell — not a timer.

Meaningful change: A move across a Fear & Greed band boundary (25 / 45 / 55 / 75).
Whether the Accumulation Index crosses a band
22/100 (Historically Attractive)

A band change marks a shift in how attractive entry looks versus history.

Meaningful change: A cross into a neighbouring accumulation band.
Whether ETF demand stays net positive
4-day inflow

Spot ETF flows are the regulated demand signal absent from prior cycles.

Meaningful change: A flip between a net-inflow and net-outflow streak.
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Step 1 of 3
  1. 1The State of BitcoinYou’re here

    What changed today, and why it matters.

  2. 2Accumulation Index

    How attractive today's conditions look versus history.

  3. 3Historical Price Paths

    How far previous cycles travelled from here.

You understand today. But does history suggest it's an attractive place to be?

Next in the daily read · Step 2
Accumulation Index

Every figure traces to the live HalvingLens data and updates automatically. Historical context. Not prediction. Not financial advice.

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