Crypto · Bitcoin (BTC) · daily since July 18, 2010
Bitcoin price history
Bitcoin's price day by day: how much it grew, how deep its crashes went and how long it took to get back. Every figure can also be shown after US inflation.
The first years' prices come from a tiny market, so the multiple is approximate.
Record close $124,824 on October 6, 2025
After inflation: $77,077 (×77.1)
Jun 2011 → Nov 2011 · thin early market
1 of them in the thin early market
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Open the Time Machine$0.0858 → $75,724From July 18, 2010 to November 7, 2026 the price grew ×882K, or 131.5% a year. US consumer prices rose by 54.0% over that time, so after inflation the gain is ×573K.
The earliest prices are approximateIn 2010–2012 bitcoin traded in very thin markets dominated by one exchange, Mt. Gox, with tiny volumes. The price does not change from June 19, 2011 to June 25, 2011, while Mt. Gox was halted after a hack. Multiples measured from those years describe a market that was tiny at the time.
4 falls of 70% or more after 20122013 (−71.2%), 2013–2015 (−84.5%), 2017–2018 (−83.8%), 2021–2022 (−76.7%). Getting back above the old record took 7 months at best and 3.2 years at worst. In the thin early market: 2011 (−92.7%).
39.3% below the recordThe record close was $124,824 on October 6, 2025. After inflation the latest close is 41.2% below the record.
Against stocks and goldAverage return a year, monthly averages to Oct 2026: over 10 years bitcoin +62.4%, the S&P 500 with dividends +15.5%, gold +12.5%; over 5 years bitcoin +7.2%, the S&P 500 with dividends +13.2%, gold +18.2%.
Price chart
Daily close in US dollars, as quoted that day. With “After inflation” on, the bold line converts every day's price into October 2026 dollars with US consumer prices, and the quoted price stays as a gray dashed line.
Distance from the all-time high
How far each close was below the highest close so far; 0% is a new record. With “After inflation” on, the bold line measures records in today's dollars and the nominal one stays dashed: after a long slump the real record takes longer to beat.
The big crashes
Every fall of 50% or more from a record close; the record counts as regained at the first close above it. With “After inflation” on, the table is recalculated in today's dollars, where a newer nominal record can be lower than an older one.
| Peak | Peak close | Bottom | Bottom close | Fall | Fell for | Record regained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2010* | $0.401 | Dec 9, 2010 | $0.20 | −50.1% | 1 month | Jan 21, 2011after 2 months |
| Jun 8, 2011* | $29.03 | Nov 18, 2011 | $2.11 | −92.7% | 5 months | Feb 19, 2013after 20 months |
| Apr 9, 2013 | $231 | Jul 6, 2013 | $66.34 | −71.2% | 3 months | Nov 5, 2013after 7 months |
| Dec 4, 2013 | $1,135 | Jan 14, 2015 | $176 | −84.5% | 13 months | Feb 23, 2017after 3.2 years |
| Dec 16, 2017 | $19,641 | Dec 15, 2018 | $3,185 | −83.8% | 12 months | Nov 30, 2020after 3 years |
| Apr 13, 2021 | $63,446 | Jul 20, 2021 | $29,767 | −53.1% | 3 months | Oct 19, 2021after 6 months |
| Nov 8, 2021 | $67,542 | Nov 9, 2022 | $15,758 | −76.7% | 12 months | Mar 4, 2024after 2.3 years |
| Oct 6, 2025 | $124,824 | Jun 30, 2026 | $58,525 | −53.1% | 9 months | not yetnow −39.3% from the peak13 months so far |
* Peak in 2010–2012: very thin markets dominated by Mt. Gox; prices are approximate. Data: Coin Metrics (CC BY-NC 4.0) · inflation: US CPI, Robert J. Shiller.
Returns by calendar year
From the last close of one year to the last close of the next: 2010 from July 18, 2010, 2026 to November 7, 2026. Red bars are losses; with “After inflation” on, the bars show the change after inflation.
| Year | Last close | Change | After inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 from Jul 18, 2010 | $0.30 | +249.5% | +247.6% |
| 2011 | $4.71 | +1,471.4% | +1,426.2% |
| 2012 | $13.55 | +187.3% | +182.4% |
| 2013 | $730 | +5,286.0% | +5,206.3% |
| 2014 | $321 | −56.0% | −56.4% |
| 2015 | $430 | +34.0% | +33.0% |
| 2016 | $969 | +125.5% | +120.9% |
| 2017 | $13,921 | +1,336.7% | +1,307.1% |
| 2018 | $3,687 | −73.5% | −74.0% |
| 2019 | $7,167 | +94.4% | +90.0% |
| 2020 | $29,023 | +304.9% | +299.5% |
| 2021 | $46,355 | +59.7% | +49.2% |
| 2022 | $16,524 | −64.4% | −66.5% |
| 2023 | $42,217 | +155.5% | +147.2% |
| 2024 | $93,390 | +121.2% | +115.0% |
| 2025 | $87,517 | −6.3% | −8.7% |
| 2026 to Nov 7, 2026 | $75,724 | −13.5% | −16.5% |
Compared with US stocks, gold and cash
What $1 became: bitcoin, the S&P 500 with dividends reinvested, gold, and cash (dollar bills, no interest). Monthly averages of daily prices, Aug 2010 to Oct 2026, so the numbers differ slightly from the daily ones above. Cash stays at $1; with “After inflation” on, all four are in today's dollars and cash loses value.
| Period | Bitcoin | S&P 500, dividends reinvested | Gold | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since Aug 201016.2 years | +138.6% a year×1.27M | +14.9% a year×9.44 | +7.8% a year×3.38 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 10 yearsfrom Oct 2016 | +62.4% a year×128 | +15.5% a year×4.23 | +12.5% a year×3.24 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 5 yearsfrom Oct 2021 | +7.2% a year×1.42 | +13.2% a year×1.86 | +18.2% a year×2.31 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 3 yearsfrom Oct 2023 | +40.3% a year×2.76 | +23.4% a year×1.88 | +28.9% a year×2.14 | 0.0% a year×1 |
| 1 yearfrom Oct 2025 | −28.0% a year×0.72 | +15.9% a year×1.16 | +1.1% a year×1.01 | 0.0% a year×1 |
Average return a year and, below it, what $1 became (net of inflation with “After inflation” on). No fees or taxes. Exchange and custody risks are not in the prices either: Mt. Gox (2014) and FTX (2022) failed while holding their customers' money.
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.
- 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.
- Calendar years: the last close of the year against the last close of the year before; the first year starts on the first day of data, the current year runs to the latest day.
- Comparison: monthly averages of daily closes, against Robert Shiller's S&P 500 total return index (dividends reinvested, also monthly averages), gold (World Bank, monthly average of the London fixing) and cash (a dollar bill that earns nothing). After inflation, all are deflated with the same CPI. No fees, taxes or custody risks.
- Charts: weekly closes for the whole history, plus the exact days of every peak and bottom in the crash table; daily closes for the last two years. The tables use every daily close.
- Not investment advice. Past returns, and past crashes, do not tell what will happen next.