Bitcoin Absorbs $58 Million of Fresh Inflows as Price Holds Above $81,700

Almost every fresh dollar that entered crypto on Sunday morning went to a single destination: Bitcoin. Flow tracking compiled by CryptoMeter recorded $58.38 million of inflows into BTC in the five hours to 05:30 UTC on October 18 — dwarfing every other asset, with nothing else crossing $5 million. Bitcoin traded at $81,725 at the time, up 0.2% on the day.

The mix is telling. Fiat money — $13.15 million in US dollars plus smaller sums in Brazilian reais and Korean won — entered alongside stablecoins already parked on the sidelines: $56.44 million of USDT and $3.65 million of USDC were put to work. Ethereum was a distant second at $4.76 million, followed by wrapped Bitcoin at $3.44 million. Flat price action against a dominant inflow print is the combination traders watch for: buying that hasn’t needed to chase yet.

There are reasons for caution too. A Coinbase order-book snapshot showed $25.28 million in sell orders against $16.65 million in buys — an $8.63 million sell-side lead — and perpetual futures funding rates stayed neutral between 0.005% and 0.01%, signaling mixed sentiment. Bitcoin also remains below its 20-day exponential moving average near $82,905.

The technical map is clear: $80,340 is the support that must hold, $82,905 is the resistance to reclaim, and the 24-hour range of $80,715–$81,972 shows a market coiling rather than breaking.

The bigger picture: with the Fed meeting on October 27–28 and ETF flows pausing, crypto is in wait-and-see mode — but Sunday’s accumulation suggests buyers are positioning, not fleeing. New to market structure? Our free forex course teaches support, resistance and risk basics that apply to crypto too, and the forex tools page has calculators for sizing positions. (Not financial advice.)