Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $83,624.79 on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, near flat in contrast with Tuesday’s opening value. As of 7:17 a.m. ET this morning, the value of bitcoin moved greater to $83,767.
Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $2,676.74 on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, down 0.4% from Tuesday’s opening value. The worth of ethereum moved up some this morning to $2,686.56 as of 7:22 a.m. ET.
Costs for each bitcoin and ethereum are nonetheless making an attempt to climb again to highs reached final week, however are holding onto important month-to-month gains on the final day of September.
Posting month-to-month gains in September has been no straightforward feat for bitcoin over the years. In accordance with CoinGlass knowledge, “Crimson September” may very well be a thing of the previous:
Bitcoin closed September in the crimson in eight of the 13 years from 2013 by 2025, together with six in a row from 2017 to 2022. Even after this 12 months’s achieve, September’s common return is damaging 2.34%, the worst of any month, per knowledge from CoinGlass.
However the tide has been turning. Bitcoin completed September up 3.91% in 2023, 7.29% in 2024 and 5.16% in 2025. This 12 months would make it 4 in a row, the month’s longest inexperienced streak in the knowledge.
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Present value of bitcoin and ethereum
Bitcoin
The worth of bitcoin this morning, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, was principally flat in comparison with Tuesday’s opening value. Here is a take a look at how the opening bitcoin value has modified versus final week, month, and 12 months:
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One week in the past: -3%
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One month in the past: +6.9%
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One 12 months in the past: -26.9%
The all-time excessive for bitcoin was $126,198.07 on Oct. 6, 2025. The all-time low worth for bitcoin was $0.04865 on July 14, 2010.Â
Ethereum
The worth of ethereum this morning, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, was 0.4% decrease than Tuesday’s open. Here is a take a look at how the opening ethereum value has modified versus final week, month, and 12 months:
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One week in the past: -2.8%
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One month in the past: +8.9%
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One 12 months in the past: -36.5%
The all-time excessive for ethereum was $4,953.73 on Aug. 24, 2025. The all-time low worth for ethereum was $0.4209 on Oct. 21, 2015.Â
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Crypto and taxes
You typically owe taxes once you promote cryptocurrency for greater than you paid for it. This additionally applies once you change one digital asset for one other. Changing bitcoin into ethereum, for instance, is not “simply a commerce” in the eyes of the IRS. It is a taxable occasion if the worth adjustments.
Crypto taxes aren’t paid at the time of the transaction, however as an alternative, they’re reported in your tax return for the 12 months through which the transaction happened. So, should you offered crypto for a revenue at any level throughout 2025, that exercise is reported once you file your 2025 return in early 2026.
How a lot tax you pay relies on two most important elements:
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How lengthy you held the asset earlier than promoting
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Your total taxable earnings and submitting standing
Maintain it for lower than a 12 months, and you will often face greater charges. Maintain it longer, and the charges are usually decrease.
This holding-period distinction issues greater than most individuals understand. Just a few days could make a distinction of as a lot as 17% or extra — so timing issues.
Study extra: Yes, crypto is taxed. Here’s when you have to pay.
Bitcoin and ethereum value charts
Whether or not you are model new to monitoring the worth of bitcoin and ethereum or a extra seasoned crypto investor, Yahoo Finance’s price-of-bitcoin and price-of-ethereum charts under present a visible historical past of how the currencies’ worth continues to maneuver and evolve.
83,546.55 -170.88 (-0.20%)
As of 2:45:21 PM UTC. Market Open.
2,673.83 -36.26 (-1.34%)
As of 2:45:20 PM UTC. Market Open.
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