Bitcoin at $81,087, Ether at $2,352: crypto prices today, October 28, 2026

Bitcoin traded at about $81,087 on Coinbase early Wednesday, up 1.1% over 24 hours and down 3.5% over seven days. Ether was at $2,352, up 0.9% on the day and down 4.8% on the week. Bitcoin's 24-hour range was $79,744 to $81,694. All eight coins in our table are higher than a day ago and lower than a week ago. Chainlink (up 2.9%) and Dogecoin (up 2.8%) led the day, while Cardano (down 8.6%) and Avalanche (down 7.3%) lead the weekly losses.

Prices at a glance

Coin	Price	24 hours	7 days
Bitcoin (BTC)	$81,087	+1.1%	-3.5%
Ether (ETH)	$2,352	+0.9%	-4.8%
Solana (SOL)	$102.44	+1.7%	-4.1%
XRP	$1.320	+0.6%	-3.3%
Dogecoin (DOGE)	$0.0800	+2.8%	-2.4%
Cardano (ADA)	$0.2057	+0.4%	-8.6%
Chainlink (LINK)	$11.72	+2.9%	-6.1%
Avalanche (AVAX)	$8.945	+1.4%	-7.3%

Coinbase Exchange prices at about 8:05 AM ET on October 28. The 24-hour change compares the latest trade with the price 24 hours earlier. The 7-day change compares it with the October 21 daily close (UTC).

A rebound into the Fed decision

Cointelegraph reported that bitcoin reached $81,687 on Bitstamp on Wednesday, with buy orders thickening around $79,000 and $80,000 and resistance holding near $82,000, citing CoinGlass and TradingView data. CoinDesk's headline attributes the lift to an Asian chip rally spilling into crypto. South Korea's KOSPI gained 6.63%, according to Cointelegraph, and the Nasdaq Composite closed up 1.1% on Tuesday ahead of earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Intel. We have not tested whether the stock move caused the crypto move, so read it as a same-day coincidence that both outlets link.

Cointelegraph also quoted Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson telling CNBC that "most of the correction is already over" for tech stocks. That is a view on equities, not on bitcoin. On our chart, bitcoin is 28.3% below its peak of October 28, 2025, the high of the past year on Yahoo Finance data.

The Fed is expected to hold

The Federal Reserve decides on rates today. Cointelegraph cited CME Group's FedWatch tool as showing 90.6% odds that rates stay in the current 3.75% to 4% range. That is a futures-market price, not a Fed statement. Traders will watch the statement and the bond market's reaction; see the 10-year chart.

Coinbase says a vendor, not its systems, exposed customer data

Cointelegraph reported that Coinbase said an incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed contact information for a "small subset" of its customers, along with other Amplitude clients. Coinbase said it found no evidence that its own systems were breached and that customer funds were not affected. Cointelegraph said it had not received an answer on how many customers were affected. Separately, it reported that South Korea's Bithumb is investigating a possible exposure of customer information. We have not independently confirmed either company's account.

What we could not explain

CoinDesk's headline says pepe jumped 9%. We did not pull that coin's data and did not find a project-specific reason in the coverage we read. We also found no reason for Cardano's and Avalanche's steeper weekly losses.

What traders are watching

• The Fed statement today, and whether the 10-year yield moves with it.
• $82,000, the resistance Cointelegraph flagged, and $80,000 below.
• Big tech earnings, which have been driving the mood in risk assets this week.

For the week's biggest gainers, see crypto movers and live crypto prices.

Sources: Coinbase Exchange price data; Cointelegraph, citing CoinGlass, TradingView and CME Group; Cointelegraph on Coinbase; CoinDesk; Yahoo Finance for the chart. Crypto assets are volatile. This is market information, not investment advice.