📈 Bitcoin
$BTC Price History: Year-by-Year Highlights
From an idea on a whitepaper to a trillion-dollar asset, Bitcoin (
$BTC BTC) has come a long way. Here’s a brief look at how its price has evolved over the years:
🧱 2009 – Genesis Block
• 💲 Price: $0
• 🚀 Bitcoin launched by Satoshi Nakamoto; no trading yet.
🍕 2010 – First Transaction
• 💲 Price: $0.003 – $0.08
• 📌 10,000 BTC used to buy pizza. First real-world BTC use.
🚀 2011 – First Boom
• 💲 Price: $1 – $31
• 📉 Hit $31, then crashed to $2.
📉 2012 – Halving Year
• 💲 Price: $4 – $13
• 🔁 First block reward halving.
💥 2013 – First $1K
• 💲 Price: $13 – $1,150
• 📰 BTC hit $1,000; media attention soared.
⚠️ 2014 – Mt. Gox Collapse
• 💲 Price: ~$300
• 💔 Market crash, but devs kept building.
😴 2015 – Bear Market Bottom
• 💲 Price: $200 – $500
• 🧱 Quiet rebuilding phase.
🔁 2016 – Gearing Up
• 💲 Price: $380 – $970
• 🔁 Second halving.
🌕 2017 – Historic Bull Run
• 💲 Price: $1,000 – $19,700
• 🔥 BTC mania. ICO boom. ATH hit in Dec.
❄️ 2018 – Crypto Winter
• 💲 Price: ~$3,200 low
• 📉 80% drop from ATH.
🌱 2019 – Recovery Starts
• 💲 Price: $3,700 – $13,000
• ⚙️ Steady growth, DeFi emerges.
🦠 2020 – Pandemic Shift
• 💲 Price: $5,000 – $29,000
• 🏦 Institutions start buying.
🏔️ 2021 – ATH & Adoption
• 💲 Price: $30,000 – $69,000 ATH
• ✅ Tesla, El Salvador, ETF buzz.
🧊 2022 – Market Crash
• 💲 Price: ~$15,500 low
• 💥 FTX collapse, macro pressure.
🔁 2023 – Gradual Recovery
• 💲 Price: $16,000 – $45,000
• 📈 BlackRock, ETF applications, rising interest.
🪙 2024 – ETF Era Begins
• 💲 Price: Up to $73,000+
• 📊 Spot ETFs approved, halving boosts demand.
📅 2025 (YTD)
• 💲 Current: ~$65K – $72K
• 🌍 Global institutions entering. Momentum building.
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