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Bitcoin opens higher in volatile session, tops $81,000
Bitcoin opened at $78,982.27 and later hit a $81,023.41 intraday high before pulling back, while ethereum opened at $2,482.37 and slipped to $2,475.53 by 8:17 a.m. ET.
Bitcoin started Tuesday, August 25, 2026, up at the open, rising 1.6% above Monday’s opening level to $78,982.27, according to Yahoo Finance. By 8:17 a.m. ET, bitcoin was trading higher at $79,038.31.
During the morning session, bitcoin moved above the $80,000 level, reaching a high of $81,023.41 before pulling back. The article also notes that crypto has been running higher over the past week.
Ethereum opened Tuesday at $2,482.37, up 0.8% from Monday’s opening price, but edged lower to $2,475.53 by 8:17 a.m. ET. The report frames the moves alongside broader optimism for crypto policy and a larger U.S. Treasury bond buyback program.
The Yahoo Finance piece points to the U.S. Treasury’s plan to double the maximum size of its long-term bond buyback program to $4 billion per session, and it cites positive sentiment that crypto legislation could advance after a White House meeting between President Trump and representatives from Coinbase and Robinhood. It also lists bitcoin’s all-time high of $128,198.07 on Oct. 6, 2025, and ethereum’s all-time high of $4,953.73 on Aug. 24, 2025.
Latest closeBitcoin $77,087.06 ▼1.5%|Ethereum $2,461.76 ▼0.2%