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Why Is Crypto Up Today? (Sep 28, 2026)
Updated daily · September 28, 2026
Crypto is not up today. Bitcoin closed the September 28, 2026 daily candle at $83,461, −1.2% on the day. 10 of the 12 major coins we track closed lower, 2 higher. Why is crypto down today?
Watch: the daily chart check
▶ PlayEvery coin, September 28, 2026
| Coin | Daily close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sui | $1.17 | −7.6% |
| Hyperliquid | $87.45 | −4.6% |
| Cardano | $0.2472 | −3.1% |
| Dogecoin | $0.0939 | −3.1% |
| Litecoin | $69.23 | −2.8% |
| Avalanche | $10.61 | −2.6% |
| Solana | $118.83 | −2.5% |
| BNB | $763.40 | −1.9% |
| XRP | $1.50 | −1.3% |
| Bitcoin | $83,461 | −1.2% |
| Ethereum | $2,688 | +0.0% |
| Chainlink | $15.44 | +10.2% |
What happened in the last 24 hours
- THORChain rejects Bitget request to block hacker as $6 million moves to bitcoin (coindesk)
- $50M Blocked: NEAR Intents vs THORChain Over Bitget Hack Funds (cointelegraph)
- 847,666 BTC: Why everyone is talking about Strategy's $143M buy (cointelegraph)
- Bitget CEO says $388M hack exploited third-party security vulnerability (cointelegraph)
These are the stories of the same day, the biggest first. Prices move for many reasons at once — leverage, funding, liquidations, flows across exchanges — and no chart can show which headline, if any, moved the price. Here is what happened; the reading is yours.
Where the moves stand on the chart
Each coin's daily candle against its moving averages, RSI and MACD: today's charts. What the funding rate costs on each exchange right now: funding rates.