History of Bitcoin Prices


Feb 6th, 2014 → $748.44 → Mt. Gox, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges handling nearly 70% of bitcoin trading, suspended withdrawals citing technical issues. By the end of the month, Mt. Gox had filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan amid reports that 744,000 bitcoins had been stolen.

 

Feb 6th, 2014


December 11th, 2014 → 348.27 → Microsoft becomes one of the first major tech companies to support the payment of Bitcoin

 

Dec 11th, 2014


January 21, 2015 → $230.68 → Coinbase gets a Series C Funding at $75 million at a post-money valuation of $490 million

Jan 21st, 2015


January 2017 → NHK reported the number of online stores accepting bitcoin in Japan had increased 4.6 times over the past year.

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair declared the company's transaction rate grew 3× from January 2016 to February 2017, and explained usage of bitcoin is growing in B2B supply chain payments.


October 12th, 2017 → $5728.55 → Price broke $5,000 for the first time

 

Oct 12th, 2017


December 15, 2017 → Price reaches $17436.60

 

Dec 15th, 2017


December 16, 2017 → $19166.98 → Price rose 5% in 24 hours with its value being up 1824% since January 1st, 2017, to reach a new all-time high

 

Dec 16th, 2017


December 21st, 2017 → $14182.46 → Price lost one third of its value in 24 hours.

 

Dec 21th, 2017


February 5th, 2018 → $6332.37→ Price dropped by nearly 50% in 16 days

 

Feb 5th, 2018


November 14th, 2018 → $5524.80 → Bitcoin Bubble pops and bitcoin market cap falls below $100 billion for the first time since October 2017.

 

Nov 14th, 2018


March 16, 2020 → $4944.70 → Price dropped by 39% third in 24 hours early during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Mar 16th, 2020


July 27th, 2020 → $11187.78 → Price recovered value lost in COVID- related crash

 

Jul 27th, 2020


November 24th, 2020 → $19045.74 → All-time 3 year high

 

Nov 24th, 2020


November 30th, 2020 → $19382.36 → All-time high of $19382.36

 

Nov 30th, 2020


December 15th, 2020 → $19443.48 → Bitcoin reaches all-time high $19443.48

 

Dec 15 2020


Jan 8th, 2021 → $40519.45 → Bitcoin price crossed 40,000 for the first time

 

Jan 8 2021


Jan 21st, 2021 → $30606.18 → Prices briefly fell by 26%

 

Jan 21 2021


March 13, 2021 → $60743.04 → Prices nearly doubled in value within 2 months.

March 13 2021


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