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Bitcoin and ether price history
How much the two largest crypto assets have grown, how deep their crashes went and how long it took to get back. Every figure can also be shown after US inflation.
After inflation: $77,077 (×77.1)
After inflation: $147,102 (×147)
What if you had invested? Pick an amount and a date, and see what it would be worth today.
Open the Time MachineHuge multiples from tiny beginningsBitcoin is up ×882K since July 18, 2010 and ether ×2,256 since August 11, 2015. But both started in very thin markets — in bitcoin's first years one exchange, Mt. Gox, dominated trading — so these multiples are approximate and describe markets that were tiny at the time.
Deep crashes, again and againFalls of 70% or more from a record: bitcoin 4 times after 2012 — 2013 (−71.2%), 2013–2015 (−84.5%), 2017–2018 (−83.8%), 2021–2022 (−76.7%); ether 2 times after its first months — 2018 (−94.0%), 2021–2022 (−79.4%). Before that, in the thin early markets: bitcoin 2011 (−92.7%), ether 2015 (−77.7%).
Where they stand nowBitcoin is 39.3% below its record close of $124,824 on October 6, 2025. Ether is 53.8% below its record close of $4,831 on August 22, 2025.
After inflation, ether is still below its 2021 recordThe close of November 8, 2021 is worth $5,812 in October 2026 dollars; the nominal high of August 22, 2025 was 13.9% lower in real terms.
Against stocks and goldAverage return a year, monthly averages to Oct 2026: over the last 10 years bitcoin +62.4%, ether +70.2%, the S&P 500 with dividends +15.5%, gold +12.5%; over the last 5 years bitcoin +7.2%, ether −8.4%, the S&P 500 with dividends +13.2%, gold +18.2%.
Distance from the all-time high
How far each asset's daily close was below its highest close so far; 0% is a new record. With “After inflation” on, records and falls are measured in today's dollars.
Falls of 70% or more
Every fall of 50% or more is in the crash tables on the bitcoin and ether pages.
| Asset | Peak | Peak close | Bottom | Bottom close | Fall | Fell for | Record regained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | Jun 8, 2011* | $29.03 | Nov 18, 2011 | $2.11 | −92.7% | 5 months | Feb 19, 2013after 20 months |
| Bitcoin | Apr 9, 2013 | $231 | Jul 6, 2013 | $66.34 | −71.2% | 3 months | Nov 5, 2013after 7 months |
| Bitcoin | Dec 4, 2013 | $1,135 | Jan 14, 2015 | $176 | −84.5% | 13 months | Feb 23, 2017after 3.2 years |
| Bitcoin | Dec 16, 2017 | $19,641 | Dec 15, 2018 | $3,185 | −83.8% | 12 months | Nov 30, 2020after 3 years |
| Bitcoin | Nov 8, 2021 | $67,542 | Nov 9, 2022 | $15,758 | −76.7% | 12 months | Mar 4, 2024after 2.3 years |
| Ether | Aug 13, 2015* | $1.88 | Oct 21, 2015 | $0.42 | −77.7% | 2 months | Jan 23, 2016after 5 months |
| Ether | Jan 13, 2018 | $1,380 | Dec 15, 2018 | $82.83 | −94.0% | 11 months | Jan 19, 2021after 3 years |
| Ether | Nov 8, 2021 | $4,811 | Jun 18, 2022 | $993 | −79.4% | 7 months | Aug 22, 2025after 3.8 years |
* Thin early market (bitcoin in 2010–2012, ether in its first months): prices are approximate. Data: Coin Metrics (CC BY-NC 4.0) · inflation: US CPI, Robert J. Shiller.
How it is calculated
- Prices: Coin Metrics Community Network Data, metric PriceUSD — the reference rate at 00:00 UTC that ends each day, in nominal US dollars. Data: Coin Metrics (CC BY-NC 4.0).
- Early bitcoin prices (2010–2012) come from very thin markets dominated by one exchange, Mt. Gox, with tiny volumes: single days can be noisy or stale (the price does not change from June 19 to June 25, 2011, while Mt. Gox was halted after a hack), so returns measured from those years are approximate.
- Ether started trading in August 2015 in very thin markets. The first three days of data (August 8–10, 2015) repeat a stale price, so the series here starts on August 11, 2015; returns measured from the first weeks are approximate.
- After inflation (the switch at the top of the page): every price is converted into October 2026 dollars with US consumer prices (CPI-U) by month, from Robert Shiller's data — multiplied by the CPI of October 2026 and divided by the CPI of its own month; days after October 2026 use that latest value. The latest months are preliminary. Records, falls and returns are then measured on the converted prices.
- Crashes: the distance from the highest daily close so far. A crash is a fall of 50% or more from a record; it ends at the first close above that record. Records and crashes are found separately in nominal prices and after inflation.
- Not investment advice. Past returns, and past crashes, do not tell what will happen next.