Current Price of Bitcoin for Oct. 28, 2026

TL;DR: Bitcoin opened the morning higher than it closed the day before, but it is still far from where it stood twelve months ago. If you hold it, or you are weighing whether a position belongs in a portfolio that already carries private deals, the useful thing is the size of the moves and the calendar, not the headline price alone.

What is the price of Bitcoin today?

At 7 a.m. Eastern, one bitcoin was priced at $81,359.62, according to Fortune. A few hours later, Yahoo Finance showed $80,628.00 as of 12:53 UTC, which is about 8:53 a.m. Eastern. Two prices, two moments. An asset that trades around the clock never sits still, so any price on a page is a snapshot, and the one you read is already a little old.

How far has Bitcoin moved over the past year?

Fortune's table puts the price at $79,756.37 yesterday morning, $84,122.72 a month ago and $112,915.53 a year ago. Measured against those, today's price is up 2.01% on the day, down 3.28% on the month and down 27.94% on the year.

Point in time	Price	Change to today
Yesterday morning	$79,756.37	+2.01%
One month ago	$84,122.72	-3.28%
One year ago	$112,915.53	-27.94%

Source: Fortune, 7 a.m. ET readings.

One correction for anyone reading Fortune's page closely. Its text says the price is roughly $31,556 higher than a year ago, but its own table shows a lower price. The subtraction, $112,915.53 minus $81,359.62, gives about $31,556 lower, so the table is the figure to trust.

The one-day gain is small next to the year's drop. A 2% move in a morning does not change the larger picture, and it would be a mistake to read it as a turn.

What could move the price this week?

Three dates are on the calendar. Tech-Insider, citing Cryptonews.net, says investors are watching the Federal Reserve meeting on October 28, Strategy earnings on October 29 and the U.S. midterm elections on November 3.

The Fed meeting is today. Strategy, the company known for holding bitcoin on its balance sheet, reports a day later. The midterms follow five days after that. Whether any of the three moves the price is not something these sources say, and nobody can promise it.

If you want the rate side of that story as it applies to private holdings, our piece on what the Fed's rate hold means for private credit allocations covers it. For the rules side, see what the CLARITY Act means for institutional crypto investors.

What does this mean for an accredited investor?

Bitcoin is liquid, which most of what this site covers is not. You can see a price every minute and exit the same day. That is a real difference from a fund with a lockup, and it is also why the price can swing against you faster than a private mark ever would.

A year-over-year loss of 27.94% is a fact about the past twelve months. It says nothing about the next twelve, in either direction. Size any position so that a drop of that scale would not change your plans.

Common mistakes when reading a daily price

The first is treating one snapshot as the price. Fortune's 7 a.m. figure and Yahoo's later figure differ, and both are correct for their moment.

The second is comparing against the wrong anchor. A reader who looks only at yesterday sees a gain. A reader who looks at a year ago sees a large loss. Both are true, so check the window before you decide what the number means.

The third is trusting a page's prose over its table. As noted above, Fortune's text and table disagree on direction, and a quick skim would take away the wrong year-over-year story.

FAQ

Is Bitcoin going up or down?

Over one day it is up 2.01%. Over a month it is down 3.28%, and over a year it is down 27.94%, per Fortune. The direction depends on the window you pick.

Is Bitcoin going to go down this week?

No source we can cite says. The sources name the Fed meeting, Strategy earnings and the midterms as dates to watch. A scheduled event is not a prediction.

What is the expected price of Bitcoin at the end of 2026?

We found no forecast from a source we can verify, so we are not printing one. Treat any single-number year-end target with caution.

What's the predicted price of Bitcoin in 2030?

The same applies. No verified source in our research supports a 2030 figure, and a long-range prediction is a guess dressed as a number.

Your next step today

Open your own statement, find your bitcoin position as a share of your total portfolio, and write that percentage down next to the date. You will want that baseline after the Fed, Strategy and the midterms have all come and gone.

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