Bitcoin YearsOctober 2026 Bitcoin price in October 2026
Bitcoin opened October 2026 at about $84,853. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $84,853
- Change on previous month
- +9.6%
- Change on a year earlier
- −28%
The price in context
On Oct 1, 2026, Bitcoin was priced at about $84,853. That is up 9.6% from September, when it started the month at $77,404.
In 2026, first-of-month prices ranged from $60,004 in July to $88,732 in January.
A year earlier, in October 2025, the price was $118,649, so over twelve months Bitcoin was down 28%.
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 4 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 0.9 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
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Price by month in 2026
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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