Bitcoin holds above $81,000 as oil prices reach six-month high

Bitcoin traded near $81,500 early Friday after dipping to about $81,000 late Thursday, remaining in a range of less than $1,000 and down 0.4% over 24 hours, still below the $82,500 support. Brent crude touched its highest level since early May, complicating the inflation outlook ahead of the Fed’s Oct. 27–28 meeting. Altcoins showed mixed performance; BNB was up nearly 2% to about $745, DOGE added about 1%, while XMR fell 7% to about $607 and ZEC lost nearly 4% to about $1,200.