Current price of Bitcoin for August 18, 2026
Bitcoin is trading at $64,135.48 as of 6:45 a.m. ET on August 18, 2026, up $875.28 (+1.38%) from yesterday's price of $63,260.20. The price is nearly flat compared with one month ago ($63,943.60, +0.30%) but down about $52,160.39 (-44.85%) from $116,295.87 one year ago. The daily price update was published by Fortune staff writer Joseph Hostetler.
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