# Bitcoin Sits 32% Below Its $126,000 Peak One Year Later, and by Its Own Standards That’s a Gentle Bear Market

On Oct. 6, 2025, bitcoin set an all-time high above $126,000. Twelve months on, the price stands at $85,453. That works out to a 32% decline, which is fairly tame compared with bitcoin's past cycles.For stocks, losing 32% in a year would count as a crash. Bitcoin's previous cycles were much hars

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| Published | 7 October 2026 |

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