Crypto Guides September 15, 2026

Bitcoin Statistics 2026: 35 Numbers Behind the Market

Bitcoin traded at $76,346.62 per BTC as of September 2026 according to CoinMarketCap, giving the network a market capitalization of $1.52 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $30.07 billion. That price sits roughly 39.7% below Bitcoin's all-time high of $126,198.07, recorded on October 6, 2025. About 20.08 million of the protocol's 21 million maximum BTC are already in circulation, leaving fewer than one million coins left to mine. This roundup collects 35 dated figures across price, supply, network health, and Lightning capacity, each labeled by source and measurement date so you can tell a live metric from a derived one.

Bitcoin statistics fall into four buckets: market data that changes minute by minute, supply figures fixed by protocol rules, network health indicators that shift with mining conditions, and adoption metrics like ETF assets and treasury holdings. Reading them together, with timestamps attached, tells you more than any single price quote. Where a number is calculated rather than reported, this article shows the arithmetic.

Warning: Prices, volumes, fees, hashrate, and mempool figures change constantly. Every live and network statistic here carries its measurement date. Treat those numbers as snapshots, not current values, and re-check the source before citing.

Top Bitcoin statistics

Bitcoin traded at $76,346.62 per BTC with a market cap of $1.52 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap live data in 2026.
Bitcoin's all-time high was $126,198.07 on October 6, 2025, per CoinMarketCap, putting the market roughly 39.7% below peak.
About 20.08 million BTC circulate against a fixed maximum of 21 million, so roughly 95.64% of all Bitcoin that will ever exist has been mined.
The current block subsidy is 3.125 BTC, issuing about 450 new BTC per day at a ~0.85% annual inflation rate, according to CoinLaw.
Estimated network hashrate reached 968.5 EH/s on a seven-day average, per BTC Trading Desk using mempool.space data dated September 15, 2026.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs held roughly $102 billion in aggregate assets by April 2026, according to CoinLaw.
Bitcoin averaged 651,655 transactions per day in June 2026, up about 90% from 342,866 in June 2025, per CoinLaw.

What are Bitcoin's current price and market metrics?

Bitcoin's price was $76,346.62 per BTC with a $1.52 trillion market capitalization and $30.07 billion in 24-hour trading volume, according to CoinMarketCap live data in 2026. These are the fastest-moving numbers on this page and should always be timestamped.

1. Bitcoin price: $76,346.62 per BTC, according to CoinMarketCap live data in 2026. Multiply price by circulating supply to derive market cap.

2. Market capitalization: $1.52 trillion, per CoinMarketCap in 2026. This measures the value of circulating coins, not the network's total possible value.

3. Fully diluted valuation: $1.59 trillion, per CoinMarketCap in 2026, assuming all 21 million BTC exist. FDV always runs above market cap until the last coin is mined.

4. 24-hour trading volume: $30.07 billion, per CoinMarketCap in 2026. Volume shows how much BTC changed hands, not how much exists.

5. Volume-to-market-cap ratio: 1.96%, per CoinMarketCap in 2026. That is $30.07 billion divided by $1.52 trillion, a rough gauge of daily turnover relative to size.

6. Market dominance: approximately 55.6% of the total cryptocurrency market, per CoinLaw citing CoinGecko data dated July 4-5, 2026. Dominance rises when capital rotates into Bitcoin and falls during altcoin rallies.

Tip: Market cap, fully diluted valuation, treasury holdings, and ETF assets each measure a different thing. Never add them together: you would double-count the same coins.

How has Bitcoin's price performed against its all-time high?

Bitcoin's recorded all-time high was $126,198.07 on October 6, 2025, according to CoinMarketCap. At $76,346.62, the market sits roughly 39.7% below that peak, a drawdown you calculate as (126,198.07 minus 76,346.62) divided by 126,198.07.

7. All-time high: $126,198.07 on October 6, 2025, per CoinMarketCap. CoinLaw reports a closely matching $126,210.50, a small discrepancy that reflects different exchange samples and snapshot timing.

8. Current drawdown from all-time high: approximately 39.7%, a figure calculated from CoinMarketCap's live price and its recorded peak in 2026. This is a derived metric, not a reported one.

9. Estimated annualized volatility: roughly 60%-80%, according to CoinLaw in 2026. Bitcoin's swings dwarf those of major equity indices.

10. 30-day rolling correlation with the S&P 500: about 0.74 at an early-March 2026 high, per CoinLaw. Correlation this tight means Bitcoin often moved with stocks during that window, weakening the "uncorrelated asset" claim in stressed markets.

Users on r/Bitcoin frequently argue that these figures make more sense across five-year windows than day-to-day. Communities on r/btc debate whether historical halving cycles still predict behavior, and technical-analysis threads treat retests of prior highs and oversold RSI readings as hypotheses, not settled facts. For a longer view on cycle timing, see our guide to cryptocurrency market cycles.

What is Bitcoin's supply and how much is left to mine?

Bitcoin has a protocol-enforced maximum of 21 million BTC, and about 20.08 million already circulate, according to CoinMarketCap. That leaves roughly 956,541 BTC still to be mined as of mid-June 2026, per CoinLaw.

11. Circulating supply: approximately 20.08 million BTC, per CoinMarketCap live data in 2026.

12. Maximum supply: 21 million BTC, enforced by the Bitcoin protocol as reported by CoinMarketCap. This cap is a core design rule, not a policy target.

13. Share of maximum supply in circulation: approximately 95.64%, per CoinMarketCap in 2026. That is 20.08 million divided by 21 million.

14. Remaining to be mined: approximately 956,541 BTC as of mid-June 2026, according to CoinLaw. The final coins will trickle out over more than a century because each halving cuts issuance.

15. Current block subsidy: 3.125 BTC per block, per CoinLaw and Bitcoin block-schedule data, in effect since the April 2024 halving.

16. New issuance: approximately 450 BTC per day before block-timing variation, according to CoinLaw in 2026.

17. Current inflation rate: approximately 0.85%, per CoinLaw in 2026. Bitcoin's issuance rate now runs below many national inflation targets.

18. Expected post-2028 halving subsidy: 1.5625 BTC per block, per CoinLaw. The next halving will cut new supply roughly in half again.

The 21-million cap is the reason Bitcoin is often described as disinflationary: issuance falls on a fixed schedule regardless of demand.

How much Bitcoin do institutions and ETFs hold?

CoinMarketCap tracked approximately 1.34 million BTC in treasury holdings in 2026, and U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs held roughly $102 billion in aggregate by April 2026, according to CoinLaw. These are separate pools and should not be summed with market cap.

19. Treasury holdings tracked by CoinMarketCap: approximately 1.34 million BTC in 2026. Treasury databases depend on public disclosures and miss private holders.

20. Strategy's reported holdings: 847,363 BTC as of June 22, 2026, per a CoinLaw compilation citing company disclosures. Strategy remains the single largest corporate holder tracked.

21. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF assets: approximately $102 billion in aggregate as of April 2026, per CoinLaw. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for roughly $67 billion and Fidelity's FBTC roughly $17 billion in early May 2026.

The regulatory backdrop shifted through 2025 and 2026. The SEC permitted in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto exchange-traded products on July 30, 2025, and approved related spot-Bitcoin ETP options actions. On March 17, 2026, the SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretation addressing digital commodities, non-security crypto assets, mining, staking, airdrops, and wrapping. For how institutional flows have played out in price action, see our coverage of Bitcoin's move past $80,000.

Bitcoin Market Snapshot: Price: $76,346.62 per BTC, Market cap: $1.52 trillion, 24-hour volume: $30.07 billion, Fully diluted

What do Bitcoin's network metrics show?

Bitcoin's estimated network hashrate reached 968.5 EH/s on a seven-day average, according to BTC Trading Desk using mempool.space data dated September 15, 2026. High hashrate signals more computing power securing the chain. Every figure in this section carries that same September measurement date.

22. Estimated network hashrate: 968.5 EH/s (seven-day average), per BTC Trading Desk and mempool.space, September 15, 2026.

23. Projected next difficulty change: approximately +4.99%, per BTC Trading Desk and mempool.space, September 15, 2026. Difficulty rises when more miners compete.

24. Estimated time to next difficulty adjustment: approximately 557 blocks, or around September 19, 2026, per the same source. Bitcoin retargets difficulty every 2,016 blocks.

25. Recommended fast confirmation fee: approximately 1 satoshi per virtual byte, per BTC Trading Desk and mempool.space, September 15, 2026. Low fees indicate an uncongested mempool.

26. Transactions waiting in the mempool: approximately 76,294, per the same source. The mempool is the queue of unconfirmed transactions.

27. Mempool size: approximately 39.3 virtual megabytes, per BTC Trading Desk and mempool.space, September 15, 2026.

28. Transaction fees waiting to be mined: approximately 0.063 BTC, per the same source.

29. Transactions in the previous 24 hours: approximately 786,594, per BTC Trading Desk citing Blockchain.com, September 15, 2026.

30. Blocks mined in the previous 24 hours: 158, per the same source. Bitcoin targets 144 blocks per day at 10 minutes each.

31. BTC mined in the previous 24 hours: approximately 493.75 BTC, per BTC Trading Desk citing Blockchain.com, September 15, 2026.

32. Average block time over 24 hours: approximately 8.6 minutes, per the same source, faster than the 10-minute target because hashrate was climbing.

33. Miner revenue: approximately $42.7 million per day in the latest one-year snapshot, per BTC Trading Desk using network data through September 14, 2026.

Bitcoin mining is the process by which new blocks are added and new BTC is issued. Miners compete to solve a computational puzzle; the winner adds the next block and collects the 3.125 BTC subsidy plus transaction fees. Community discussion on X keeps returning to the energy and carbon footprint of that process, which is why any serious Bitcoin statistics page should treat energy methodology as context rather than a footnote.

What do Lightning Network statistics show?

Public Lightning Network capacity was approximately 3,754 BTC across roughly 16,230 nodes and 32,518 channels, according to BTC Trading Desk and mempool.space, dated August 30, 2026. These figures describe only publicly visible Lightning infrastructure.

34. Public Lightning capacity: approximately 3,754 BTC, per BTC Trading Desk and mempool.space, August 30, 2026, across roughly 16,230 public nodes and 32,518 public channels.

Private and custodial Lightning channels are not captured here, so public figures understate the network's real size. The Lightning Network is a second-layer protocol for fast, low-fee Bitcoin payments that settle back to the main chain.

What disrupted Bitcoin mining in 2026?

Bitcoin's network hashrate fell approximately 12% overall from its November 2025 peaks, according to CoinLaw, with declines of as much as 30%-40% during the most severe periods of a reported Texas winter storm.

35. Hashrate decline: about 12% from November 2025 peaks, and up to 30%-40% at the worst of the Texas storm disruption, per CoinLaw in 2026. Texas hosts a large share of North American mining, so regional weather can move the global hashrate. The network kept producing blocks throughout, and difficulty adjusted downward to compensate before recovering.

Where should you get Bitcoin data?

Use market-data providers for price and volume, and on-chain explorers for network metrics. CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko cover price, market cap, dominance, and trading volume. mempool.space and Blockchain.com cover hashrate, fees, block times, and mempool activity.

Metric type	Recommended source	Notes
Price, market cap, volume	CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko	Volume figures depend on exchange reporting quality
Dominance	CoinGecko	Shifts with altcoin cycles
Hashrate, difficulty	mempool.space	Hashrate is estimated, not measured directly
Fees, mempool, block time	mempool.space, Blockchain.com	Change minute by minute
Lightning nodes, channels, capacity	mempool.space	Public data only

CoinMarketCap's API ranged from a free tier with 15,000 monthly credits to $699 per month for its Professional plan in 2026. CoinGecko's API ranged from a free Demo tier with 10,000 monthly calls to $499 per month billed yearly for its Lite tier. If you want the daily context around these numbers without pulling raw data yourself, Verityadaily's The Daily Brief newsletter delivers the day's crypto and technology developments each morning.

For a ranked view of where to read further, see our guide to the best cryptocurrency news websites in 2026.

What the data means

Three signals stand out across these 35 figures.

First, supply is tightening on schedule. With 95.64% of the maximum already mined and inflation down to roughly 0.85%, new issuance now adds only about 450 BTC per day. Each halving compounds that scarcity, and the next one drops the subsidy to 1.5625 BTC.

Second, the network stayed healthy through disruption. Hashrate hit 968.5 EH/s and difficulty was set to climb about 4.99% in September 2026, even after the Texas storm knocked as much as 30%-40% off mining capacity at its worst. Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment absorbed the shock without a chain halt.

Third, usage grew while price fell. Bitcoin averaged 651,655 transactions per day in June 2026, up roughly 90% year over year, at the same time the market sat 39.7% below its October 2025 high. Rising on-chain activity during a drawdown is worth watching, because it separates network usage from speculative price.

A caution on ownership data. Some X users read large-wallet balances as proof that whales buy dips, but wallet-based inference is hard to verify and should be treated as a hypothesis. The same goes for social-media popularity: view counts are not ownership statistics. For a structured look at how these numbers fit the broader adoption picture, see our AI adoption statistics for 2026 and, on the asset-selection question, Bitcoin vs Ethereum for 2026.

Methodology and sourcing note

Market figures (price, market cap, volume, dominance, all-time high) come from CoinMarketCap live data and CoinLaw citing CoinGecko in 2026. Network figures (hashrate, difficulty, fees, mempool, block time, miner revenue) come from BTC Trading Desk using mempool.space and Blockchain.com data dated September 15, 2026, unless otherwise stated. Lightning figures are dated August 30, 2026.

Derived metrics are labeled as such: the 39.7% drawdown, 95.64% circulating-supply share, and 1.96% volume-to-market-cap ratio are calculated from reported inputs, not pulled from a single feed. Regulatory statements cite primary SEC and CFTC releases.

Known limitations: exchange-reported volume varies in quality; hashrate is estimated from block timing rather than measured directly; treasury databases depend on public disclosures and miss private holders; and public Lightning statistics exclude private and custodial channels. Live metrics can change within minutes, so re-check the original source and its timestamp before citing any number here.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current Bitcoin price?

Bitcoin traded at $76,346.62 per BTC according to CoinMarketCap live data in 2026. Price is the fastest-changing statistic on any Bitcoin page, so always check the source timestamp. At that level, Bitcoin's market cap was $1.52 trillion and its 24-hour trading volume was $30.07 billion. These three numbers move together throughout the trading day, and any quote more than a few minutes old should be treated as historical rather than current.

What is Bitcoin's maximum supply and how much is left?

Bitcoin's maximum supply is 21 million BTC, a limit enforced by the protocol itself. About 20.08 million already circulate, roughly 95.64% of the cap, according to CoinMarketCap in 2026. That leaves approximately 956,541 BTC still to be mined as of mid-June 2026, per CoinLaw. Because each halving cuts issuance in half, the final coins will not be mined until well into the next century.

What is the current Bitcoin block reward?

The current block subsidy is 3.125 BTC per block, in effect since the April 2024 halving. This produces roughly 450 new BTC per day, an annual inflation rate near 0.85%, according to CoinLaw. Miners also collect transaction fees on top of the subsidy. The next halving, expected in 2028, will reduce the subsidy to 1.5625 BTC per block, further slowing new supply.

How far is Bitcoin below its all-time high?

Bitcoin sits roughly 39.7% below its all-time high. That peak was $126,198.07 on October 6, 2025, according to CoinMarketCap, against a 2026 price of $76,346.62. The drawdown is a calculated figure, not a reported one: subtract the current price from the peak, then divide by the peak. CoinLaw reports a closely matching high of $126,210.50, a small gap explained by different exchange samples.

Who created Bitcoin and when?

Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonymous developer, with the network launching in January 2009. Nakamoto's identity remains unknown. The protocol they designed fixed the 21-million-BTC supply cap and the halving schedule that still governs issuance today. Those founding rules are why Bitcoin's supply metrics are predictable years in advance, unlike its price, which changes minute by minute.

Where can I verify Bitcoin statistics myself?

Use CoinMarketCap or CoinGecko for price, market cap, dominance, and trading volume. Use mempool.space or Blockchain.com for hashrate, transaction fees, block times, and mempool congestion. Each provider samples different exchanges and estimates some figures, so numbers can differ slightly between sources. Always note the measurement date, because live metrics change constantly and a figure from last week may no longer reflect current conditions.