Crypto market snapshot: Bitcoin slips as sentiment remains in fear
A broad crypto briefing comes amid a flat market, Bitcoin weakness and subdued investor sentiment.
A broad crypto briefing comes amid a flat market, Bitcoin weakness and subdued investor sentiment. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at ₹68,40,562 ($72,887.00), down 0.7% since this brief published. This is an original Token Times brief based on reporting by Cointelegraph, with live market data added, as of Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:45:01 UTC.
The combination of a falling Bitcoin price, a wider seven-day decline and a Fear & Greed reading of 28 shows continued pressure across the digital-asset market, while $3.86 billion in Bitcoin DeFi value remains deployed.
- Bitcoin trades at $73,395 after a 0.78% daily decline
- Bitcoin has fallen 8.70% over seven days
- Total crypto market capitalization stands at $2.51 trillion
- Bitcoin DeFi TVL is $3.86 billion
- Bitcoin slips as $2 billion in holder losses meet extreme fear
- Bitcoin Slips to a Seven-Week Low as Sentiment Remains Cautious
- Bitcoin Sistemi reports peak crypto fear as market sentiment remains subdued
- Crypto market snapshot: Bitcoin slips as sentiment remains in fear — this brief
Cointelegraph’s daily briefing covers recent trends and events affecting 
Bitcoin, blockchain activity, decentralized finance, Web3 and crypto regulation. The supplied summary does not identify one dominant development or a single policy action, so the broader market snapshot provides the clearest available context for the day’s coverage.
Bitcoin was priced at $73,395, down 0.78% over 24 hours and 8.70% over seven days. Its market capitalization stood at $1.48 trillion. The total crypto market was broadly flat at $2.51 trillion, indicating that Bitcoin’s weakness was occurring alongside a relatively stable aggregate market rather than a broad collapse across all digital assets.
Risk appetite remained subdued, with the Fear & Greed index at 28, placing sentiment in the Fear category. Verified data from DeFiLlama showed $3.86 billion locked in Bitcoin-based decentralized-finance protocols, providing a measure of the ecosystem’s active on-chain capital base despite weakness in the leading cryptocurrency’s price.
The current data points to a market defined by caution and uneven performance: aggregate capitalization is stable, Bitcoin is lower over both one day and one week, and sentiment remains defensive. Market participants will be watching whether Bitcoin can recover from its recent decline, whether the broader market continues to hold steady, and whether improved sentiment accompanies that movement. These are conditions to monitor rather than a directional forecast.
Since this brief published about 6 hours ago, Bitcoin (BTC) has moved from ₹68,88,238.48$73,395.00 to ₹68,40,561.86$72,887.00 — -0.69%.
The chart plots BTC's price: grey is the move before this brief published, the vertical dashed line marks the moment it published, the horizontal dashed line is the price then, and the coloured area is the move since — from Token Times's market data (daily resolution). It shows what happened after the news, not that the news caused it; many factors move prices. Not financial advice.
Will Bitcoin reach $95,000 by December 31, 2026?
Crowd-implied probability on Polymarket, ₹6.06M 24h volume, resolves Jan 1 — snapshotted when this brief published (Nov 12 11:05 UTC). A market price reflects what traders collectively expect; it is not a forecast by Token Times and will have moved since. View the market ↗
At today's peer-to-peer rate, 1 BTC ≈ ₹7.29M (about $72,887.00), down 1.5% over 24 hours. The rupee itself trades about 6.6% above the official rate on the P2P market, so a Indian buyer's effective cost differs from the headline dollar price.
Live market data
Current prices for the asset in this story — live, source-stamped, updated every 15 minutes.
Figures and sectors in this story, checked live against on-chain aggregators · November 12, 2026.
Token Times reads these figures directly from on-chain aggregators (DeFiLlama, mempool.space) at build time — independent of what any outlet reported. Sector totals aggregate every protocol DeFiLlama tracks in that category. Values are live and will change.
Crypto market snapshot: Bitcoin slips as sentiment remains i — questions & answers
What is Bitcoin trading at?
Bitcoin was trading at $73,395, down 0.78% over 24 hours.
How has Bitcoin performed over seven days?
Bitcoin fell 8.70% over the seven-day period.
How much is locked in Bitcoin DeFi?
DeFiLlama reports $3.86 billion in total value locked across Bitcoin-based DeFi protocols.
How much is 1 Bitcoin worth in rupee today?
About ₹7.29M at the live peer-to-peer (P2P) USDT rate, which is what Indians typically trade at — equivalent to roughly $72,887.00. The rupee price moves with both BTC's US-dollar price and the USDT/INR rate; use our Bitcoin in rupee page for any amount.
Has Bitcoin's price moved since this brief was published?
BTC is down 0.69% since this brief first published — trading at ₹68,40,562 ($72,887.00) now versus ₹68,88,238 ($73,395.00) at publication. Token Times re-checks this figure against CoinGecko and Binance every 15 minutes.
Which outlets reported this story?
This is an original Token Times brief that synthesises reporting from Cointelegraph. It is not a copy of any one article — follow the source links above for the original reporting.
Original summary — not financial advice. This is an original Token Times brief that summarises a development reported elsewhere and adds live market data for context; it is not the original article and reproduces no part of it. Follow the source link above for full details. Crypto is volatile and high-risk — always do your own research.