--- title: "Why did Bitcoin go up 1.0% on October 27, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/bitcoin/2026-10-27" date: 2026-10-27 --- # Why did Bitcoin go up 1.0% on October 27, 2026? On October 27, 2026 (UTC), BTC went from about $80,146.00 to $80,907.50 (+0.95%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $79,505.00 and $81,298.40. BTC is within a usual day's range. BTC rose further than this on 6 of the past 29 days. 25 BTC reports are on the timeline below: 9 published before the largest hourly move and 16 during or after it. Timing alone does not show what caused the move. - Day open / close: $80,146.00 → $80,907.50 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $79,505.00 – $81,298.40 - Versus the past month: 6 of the past 29 days rose further; +0.95% in the 24 hours to Oct 28, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 1.1× a typical day (0.8%). - 30-day range: 7.3% below the high · 2.1% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 16 of 21 others also rose 0.3% or more; 3 fell that much - 24h volume: 0.7×; of its prior 30-day daily average Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 28, 2026, 00:00 UTC. ## BTC timeline around October 27, 2026 Largest closed hourly move: +0.56%, Oct 27, 2026, 12:00–13:00 (UTC). - Oct 26, 2026, 05:15 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Electrum patched a wallet flaw that let rogue servers steal bitcoin]() · CoinDesk — Electrum disclosed that malicious servers could replace unconfirmed payments in its wallet, then sign a valid replacement sending coins to the attacker once users raised the fee. - Oct 26, 2026, 12:24 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Strive buys 6,182 bitcoin for $511.4 million, lifting holdings to 43,000 BTC]() · Bitcoin Magazine — Strive acquired 6,182 bitcoin for $511.4 million between October 17 and October 23 at an average of $82,732 per bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reported, citing an SEC filing. - Oct 26, 2026, 13:01 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Galaxy Research says bitcoin's bear market ended at the June low]() · Decrypt — Galaxy Research, in a report by head of firmwide research Alex Thorn, said bitcoin's bear market ended at the June low and that the asset is in an accumulation phase, writing that now is an attractive time to buy and hold bitcoin. - Oct 26, 2026, 13:02 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin dips below $80,000 ahead of Fed decision and midterms]() · Decrypt — Bitcoin fell as low as $79,332 before recovering to $80,240, down 2.5% over the past week, Decrypt reported, citing CoinGecko data. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $635.5 million in net outflows on Thursday and a further $137.9 million on… - Oct 26, 2026, 13:21 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin Magazine video examines Bitcoin exposure after PHP flaws take sites offline]() · Bitcoin Magazine — Bitcoin Magazine published a video in which its technical editor Shinobi discusses PHP vulnerabilities that took government websites in France and Finland and hospital sites in the Netherlands offline, and whether Bitcoin is exposed. - Oct 26, 2026, 13:23 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Strategy pauses bitcoin purchases, spends $204.9 million buying back STRC]() · The Block — Strategy made no bitcoin purchases or sales in the week of October 19–25 and instead spent $204.9 million repurchasing its STRC preferred stock, Bitcoin Magazine reported, citing a company release. - Oct 26, 2026, 14:06 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [South Korea weighs fourth delay of 22% crypto tax to 2029]() · Bitcoin Magazine — South Korea's presidential office is reviewing a fourth postponement of the country's 22% tax on crypto gains, moving the start from January 2027 to 2029, Bitcoin Magazine reported, citing Newsis. - Oct 26, 2026, 17:41 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Electrum patches flaw that let rogue servers redirect fee-bumped payments]() · Decrypt — Electrum released version 4.8.3 to fix a high-severity flaw affecting all earlier versions, Decrypt reported. - Oct 27, 2026, 04:00 UTC (before the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin Core fixes memory growth flaw in paused pre-BIP31 peers]() · Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin Core disclosed CVE-2026-117349, a medium-severity, easily discoverable flaw in which pre-BIP31 peers that never unpause let queued announcements grow without limit, at up to 2MB per hour per inbound peer and 5MB per hour per… - Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 UTC (during the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin trades below $80,000 as analysts flag near-term weakness]() · CoinDesk — Bitcoin is trading below $80,000, under its 50-day average, according to observers cited in a CoinDesk Daybook newsletter. - Oct 27, 2026, 13:01 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Luxor raises $16 million round led by CMT Digital to expand AI compute business]() · Decrypt — Luxor Technology Corporation, a bitcoin miner turned AI compute firm, announced a $16 million strategic investment round led by CMT Digital, Bitcoin Magazine reported. - Oct 27, 2026, 14:34 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Crypto industry spends about $176 million across more than 100 midterm races]() · Bitcoin Magazine — The crypto industry has spent about $176 million across more than 100 midterm races this cycle, according to a Reuters review of campaign spending cited by Bitcoin Magazine. Fairshake and its affiliates had spent about $150.8 million… - Oct 27, 2026, 18:16 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Keystone to destroy 18,835 Bitcoin wallets after factory key theft]() · Decrypt — Keystone said it will destroy 18,835 unsold Bitcoin hardware wallets and pause shipping after attackers obtained the factory WebAuth key used to prove devices are genuine, Decrypt reported. - Oct 27, 2026, 18:29 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [CFTC reportedly reopens Polymarket inquiry over US user access]() · Bitcoin Magazine — The CFTC is reportedly investigating whether Polymarket violated its January 2022 settlement by allowing US users onto its offshore platform, Bitcoin Magazine reported, citing Reuters. Polymarket paid a $1.4 million penalty in that… - Oct 27, 2026, 19:18 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [VanEck launches Wealth Builder ETF with indirect Bitcoin exposure]() · Bitcoin Magazine — VanEck launched its actively managed Wealth Builder ETF, trading on the NYSE as WBMO, packaging stocks, bonds, gold and indirect bitcoin exposure into one fund, Bitcoin Magazine reported. The gross expense ratio is 0.33%, with a 0.07% fee… - Oct 28, 2026, 03:00 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Datavault AI says it cannot withdraw its Bitcoin from Biconomy, shares fall 50%]() · The Block — Datavault AI disclosed in an Oct. 26 Form 8-K that it has been unable to withdraw its Bitcoin from Biconomy since June, Decrypt reported, and its shares fell more than 50% to close at $0.06. - Oct 28, 2026, 04:00 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin Core fixes memory-exhaustion flaw on non-Linux nodes]() · Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin Core released fixes for a Medium-severity flaw in which a malicious peer could send TCP urgent data to exhaust memory on nodes running the select() socket backend, which Bitcoin Core says affects Windows, macOS and BSD but not… - Oct 28, 2026, 04:00 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin Core discloses undo file overflow bug and fixes it in new releases]() · Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin Core disclosed a low-severity bug that lets a miner corrupt other nodes' undo data, causing them to shut down if a reorg of specific blocks follows, or on Windows and 32-bit systems once the affected blocks connect. - Oct 28, 2026, 07:57 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin ETF inflows climb to $176M as BTC rebounds above $80K]() · Cointelegraph — The report said the funds took in $286 million over two days, narrowing October's net outflows to $26 million, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained neutral. - Oct 28, 2026, 11:32 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Bitcoin rebounds above $81,000 as Asian chip rally lifts crypto markets]() · CoinDesk — Bitcoin rose about 0.8% since midnight UTC to $81,400 on Monday, up from below $80,000 on Tuesday, CoinDesk reported. Ether gained 0.9% and the CoinDesk Memecoin Index advanced 1.3%, while pepe added 9%. U.S. - Oct 28, 2026, 13:46 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Itaú registers with Brazil's central bank as crypto intermediary and custodian]() · Bitcoin Magazine — Itaú Unibanco, Brazil's largest private bank, has formally registered with the Central Bank of Brazil to intermediate and custody crypto assets under the country's new licensing rules, Bitcoin Magazine reported. - Oct 28, 2026, 15:07 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Bitwise lifts 2036 bitcoin price target to about $1.6 million]() · Bitcoin Magazine — Bitwise Asset Management raised its 2036 base-case bitcoin price target to $1,599,766 from $1.3 million a year earlier, Bitcoin Magazine reported, citing the firm's 2027 long-term capital market assumptions. Bitwise projects a 34.3%… - Oct 28, 2026, 15:32 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [Strategy shareholders approve daily dividends on four preferred stocks]() · Bitcoin Magazine — Strategy shareholders approved an amendment allowing its STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD preferred stocks to accrue dividends every calendar day, including weekends and holidays, the company announced. - Oct 28, 2026, 17:43 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [2026 crypto hack losses reach $2.35 billion, report shared with Bitcoin Magazine says]() · Bitcoin Magazine — A Lightning.news report shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns, with September alone accounting for about $768 million. - Oct 28, 2026, 21:13 UTC (after the largest hourly move): [APX plans bitcoin-backed mortgages in Canada]() · CoinDesk — APX is preparing to offer bitcoin-backed mortgages in Canada, CoinDesk reported. 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