Year,Price at Start of Year,Key Events
2009,$0.00,Bitcoin is created by Satoshi Nakamoto
2010,$0.01,First market price; 10,000 BTC buys 2 pizzas 🍕
2011,~$1 → $31,First major rally; first mini-crash follows
2013,~$13 → $1,100,Mt. Gox era; Bitcoin makes headlines
2017,~$1,000 → $20,000,First bull run goes mainstream 🚀
2018,$13,000 → $3,200,Major crash, crypto winter begins ❄️
2020,~$7,000 → $29,000,Institutional interest rises (MicroStrategy, PayPal)
2021,$29,000 → $69,000,All-time high; El Salvador adopts BTC as legal tender 🇸🇻
2022,$47,000 → $16,000,Bear market; Luna/FTX collapse
2023,$16,000 → $42,000,Recovery begins, ETF rumors swirl 📈
2024,$42,000 → ~$73,000,BTC ETFs approved ✅; all-time high reset
2025 (Now),~$70,000+,Bull market continues? 📊