Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $82,164.43 on Monday, the strongest opening price since January 31. As of 7:16 a.m. ET, the price of bitcoin shifted lower to $80,971.89.
Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $2,369.40 on Monday, the highest opening price since April 27. The price of ethereum moved lower this morning and was $2,331.11 as of 7:16 a.m. ET.
The markets are all processing the latest news out of the Middle East this morning. President Trump emphatically rejected Iran’s latest response to a peace proposal, calling it “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” in a Truth Social post yesterday. So far this morning, we’ve seen the price of gold fall, oil prices (BZ=F) rise, stock contracts hold, and treasury yields move upward. In terms of the two largest cryptocurrencies, bitcoin is holding close to $82,000, but can’t seem to move past that value for a consistent period, and ethereum remains resilient, hanging around the $2,300 mark.
Current price of bitcoin and ethereum
Bitcoin
The price of bitcoin this morning was 1.9% higher than Sunday’s opening price. Here’s a look at how the opening bitcoin price has changed versus last week, month, and year:
One week ago: +4.6%
One month ago: +12.6%
One year ago: -21.5%
The all-time high for bitcoin was $126,198.07 on Oct. 6, 2025. The all-time low value for bitcoin was $0.04865 on July 14, 2010.
Ethereum
The price of ethereum this morning was 1.8% higher than Sunday’s open. Here’s a look at how the opening ethereum price has changed versus last week, month, and year:
One week ago: +2%
One month ago: +5.5%
One year ago: -8.3%
The all-time high for ethereum was $4,953.73 on Aug. 24, 2025. The all-time low value for ethereum was $0.4209 on Oct. 21, 2015.
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