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US Hours Bitcoin Price Discovery
Quiet
Little coverage in Bitcoin in the 7 days to 21 October.
Judged on the 7-day share of Bitcoin coverage to 21 October
Updated 21 October 2026
The argument: Sources observe that Bitcoin's price discovery increasingly concentrates during US trading hours, driven by institutional capital flows through ETFs, futures contracts, and professional market-maker activity, while retail and decentralized trading venues show proportionally diminished influence on price formation.
How attention has changed
0% of Bitcoin coverage
Rolling 3-day share · as of 21 Oct 2026
This measures attention in published coverage, not the likelihood of a price move.
| Date | Share of coverage |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 0% |
| 2026-09-23 | 0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 0.5% |
| 2026-09-25 | 0.8% |
| 2026-09-26 | 0.6% |
| 2026-09-27 | 0.3% |
| 2026-09-28 | 0% |
| 2026-09-29 | 0% |
| 2026-09-30 | 0% |
| 2026-10-01 | 0% |
| 2026-10-02 | 0% |
| 2026-10-03 | 0% |
| 2026-10-04 | 0% |
| 2026-10-05 | 0% |
| 2026-10-06 | 0% |
| 2026-10-07 | 0% |
| 2026-10-08 | 0% |
| 2026-10-09 | 0% |
| 2026-10-10 | 0% |
| 2026-10-11 | 0% |
| 2026-10-12 | 0% |
| 2026-10-13 | 0% |
| 2026-10-14 | 0% |
| 2026-10-15 | 0% |
| 2026-10-16 | 0.4% |
| 2026-10-17 | 0.3% |
| 2026-10-18 | 0.3% |
| 2026-10-19 | 0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 0% |
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Recent coverage
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Crypto News · Published 15 Oct 2026
Bitcoin inflows to US set to turn positive in 2026, Chainalysis says
In coverage record: 16 Oct 2026
“institutions buying while retail investors largely sold”
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Earlier coverage
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The Economic Times · Published 24 Sep 2026
Bitcoin is down 55% from its peak - here's why Tom Lee predicts crypto bull run as $15.6 billion options expiry looms
In coverage record: 25 Sep 2026
“Mark Connors, chief investment officer at Risk Dimensions, expects growing institutional participation to contribute to smaller drawdowns than the 70%-80% declines seen during previous Bitcoin cycles.”
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Hindustan Times · Published 23 Sep 2026
Bitcoin’s rare 3-month winning streak: Why October could be crucial for BTC
In coverage record: 24 Sep 2026
“The Bitcoin market now has ETFs and much deeper derivatives trading.”
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CryptoSlate · Published 11 Sep 2026
Crypto never closes, but Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Solana now move on Wall Street time
In coverage record: 12 Sep 2026
“Bitcoin trades nonstop, but a decade of data shows its volatility increasingly follows Wall Street's clock. A recent study found that the nine hours from 13:00 to 21:59 UTC accounted for 50.6% of Bitcoin's daily realized variance between 2022 and 2025, up from 38.4% in 2016-2018.”
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