Really?
Date | USD : 1 BTC | Notes |
---|---|---|
Jan 2009 ? Mar 2010 | basically nothing | No exchanges or market, users were mainly cryptography fans who were sending bitcoins for hobby purposes representing low or no value. In March 2010, user "SmokeTooMuch" auctioned 10,000 BTC for $50 (cumulatively), but no buyer was found.[SUP][143][/SUP] |
May 2010 | less than $0.01 | On 22 May 2010,[SUP][144][/SUP] Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world transaction by buying two pizzas in Jacksonville, Florida, for 10,000 BTC, an amount that would be nearly $750,000 if held in March 2013.[SUP][145][/SUP] |
Feb 2011 ? April 2011 | $1.00
| Bitcoin takes parity with US dollar.[SUP][146][/SUP] |
Nov 2013 | $350?$1,242
| Price rose from $150 in October to $200 in November, reaching $1,242 on 29 November 2013.[SUP][147][/SUP] |
Apr 2014 | $340?$530
| The lowest price since the 2012?2013 Cypriot financial crisis had been reached at 3:25 AM on 11 April[SUP][148][/SUP] |
2-3 March 2017 | $1,290+
| Price broke above the November 2013 high of $1,242[SUP][149][/SUP] and then traded above $1,290.[SUP][150][/SUP] |
20 May 2017 | $2,000
| Price reached a new high, reaching $1,402.03 on 1 May 2017, and over $1,800 on 11 May 2017.[SUP][151][/SUP] On 20 May 2017, the price passed $2,000 for the first time. |
1 September 2017 | $5,013.91
| Price broke $5,000 for the first time.[SUP][152][/SUP] |
17-20 November 2017 | $7,600-8,100
| Briefly topped at $8004.59. This surge in bitcoin may be related to the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'?tat. In one bitcoin exchange, 1 BTC topped at nearly $13,500, just shy of 2 times the value of the International market.[SUP][153][/SUP][SUP][154][/SUP] |
15 December 2017 | $17,900
| Price reached $17,900.[SUP][155][/SUP] |
17 December 2017 | $19,783.06
| Price rose 5% in 24 hours, with its value being up 1,824% since 1 January 2017, to reach a new all-time high of $19,783.06.[SUP][156][/SUP] |
22 December 2017 | $13,800
| Price lost one third of its value in 24 hours, dropping below $14,000.[SUP][157][/SUP] |
5 February 2018 | $6,200
| Price dropped by 50% in 16 days, falling below $7,000.[SUP][158][/SUP] |
31 October 2018 | $6,300
| On the 10th anniversary of bitcoin, the price held steady above $6,000 during a period of historically low volatility.[SUP][159][/SUP][SUP][160][/SUP] |
7 December 2018 | $3,300
| Price briefly dipped below $3,300, a 76% drop from the previous year and a 15-month low.[SUP][161][/SUP] |
27 July 2020 | $10,944
| Price surged to the highest in almost a year.[SUP][162][/SUP] |
26 October 2020 | $13,000
| Price stayed above the $10,000 mark for an unprecedented three-month stretch.[SUP][163][/SUP] |
16 November 2020 | $16,800
| Bitcoin has been more expensive in only five other instances in the past decade.[SUP][164][/SUP] |
18 November 2020 | $18,000
| Bitcoin rallies above $18,000 to trade near all-time highs[SUP][165][/SUP] |
24 November 2020 | $19,000
| Bitcoin price reaches three-year high of more than $19,000.[SUP][166][/SUP] |
30 November 2020 | $19,850.11
| Bitcoin price reached new all-time high of $19,850.11.[SUP][167][/SUP] |
16 December 2020 | $20,600
| Bitcoin reaches all-time high of $20,600. [SUP][168][/SUP] |
17 December 2020 | $23,400
| Bitcoin ends a multi-day rally to reach a new all-time high of $23,400. [SUP][169][/SUP] |
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