Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $85,546.23 on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, down 0.3% from Tuesday’s open. As of 7:17 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved lower to $83,771.28

Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $2,697.32 on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, down 0.5% from Tuesday’s opening price. The price of ethereum moved down this morning to $2,580.58 as of 7:17 a.m. ET.

Prices for both bitcoin and ethereum opened at their lowest level all week, and prices are fading appreciably this morning as risk appetite wanes amid ongoing concerns in the Middle East that are keeping oil prices above $100 a barrel, and as a concentrated tech boom has rallied stocks:

The crypto losses reflected a broader…