The price story
From $0.0008
to $100,000.
Scroll to follow fifteen years of price history.
- Oct 2009$0.0008
The first price, based on the electricity used for mining. One dollar bought 1,309 BTC.
- May 2010$0.004
Two pizzas for 10,000 BTC: the first time bitcoin bought something real.
- Feb 2011$1
One bitcoin reaches one dollar, up more than 250-fold since Pizza Day.
- Dec 2013$1,150
Past $1,000 for the first time as trading surges in China.
- Jan 2015$200
After the Mt. Gox collapse, a long winter. Development carried on regardless.
- Dec 2017$19,500
The great boom: nearly $20,000, and bitcoin becomes mainstream news.
- Dec 2018$3,200
Down more than 80% from the peak: the "crypto winter."
- Nov 2021$69,000
Companies and institutions pile in, and the price peaks near $69,000.
- Nov 2022$16,000
FTX collapses. Once again, it was the custodian that broke.
- Dec 2024$100,000
After spot ETFs are approved, bitcoin passes $100,000 for the first time.