Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $86,195.28 on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, flat compared to Tuesday’s opening price. As of 7:26 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved lower to $85,600.03.

Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $2,753.25 on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, down 0.8% from Tuesday’s opening price. The price of ethereum moved down this morning to $2,725.32 as of 7:26 a.m. ET.

Both bitcoin and ethereum prices opened again near 8-month highs this morning, as President Trump prepares to host Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington this week.

Despite the pullback in crypto prices this morning, bitcoin’s recent surge over $86,000 has at least one investor declaring the crypto winter is…