Some offers on this page are from advertisers who pay us, which may affect which products we write about, but not our recommendations. See our Advertiser Disclosure. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $76,350.68 on Friday, September 18, 2026, 0.3% higher than Thursday's opening price.
ET this morning, the price of bitcoin lifted to $77,991.09. Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $2,445.49 on Friday, September 18, 2026, up 1.2% from Thursday's opening price. The price of ethereum moved up to $2,501.16 as of 7:25 a.m.
Bitcoin and ethereum opened this morning in line with the opening prices we have observed all week. However, prices on both bitcoin and ethereum have moved much higher in early trading as investors move past the highly anticipated Fed decision and look onward to new legislation that can help spur the industry forward. The Fed's decision to raise rates for the first time in three years, combined with the ongoing restoration of Saudi Arabia's key East-West pipeline, has eased inflation concerns among investors.
And while the failure of the CLARITY Act in the U.S. Senate this week cast a blow to the crypto industry, the CEO at Coinbase believes there's another path forward for crypto investors: "We let politics get in the way, I guess," Armstrong said of the bill in an interview with Yahoo Finance partner the Daily Wolf. He added, "I would just at this point assume it's dead," noting that "there's another path, luckily, with the regulators, the SEC, and the CFTC." Keep reading: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is moving past the Clarity Act's failure: 'There's another path' The price of bitcoin this morning, Friday, September 18, 2026, was 0.3% higher than Thursday's opening price.
Here's a look at how the opening bitcoin price has changed versus last week, month, and year: 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. The price of ethereum this morning, Friday, September 18, 2026, was 1.2% higher than Thursday's open.
Here's a look at how the opening ethereum price has changed versus last week, month, and year: 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. Bitcoin, ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies are rapidly evolving.
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