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 ๐Ÿ•

2011,~$1 โ†’ $31,First major rally; first mini-crash follows

2013,~$13 โ†’ $1,100,Mt. Gox era; Bitcoin makes headlines

2017,~$1,000 โ†’ $20,000,First bull run goes mainstream ๐Ÿš€

2018,$13,000 โ†’ $3,200,Major crash, crypto winter begins โ„๏ธ

2020,~$7,000 โ†’ $29,000,Institutional interest rises (MicroStrategy, PayPal)

2021,$29,000 โ†’ $69,000,All-time high; El Salvador adopts BTC as legal tender ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป

2022,$47,000 โ†’ $16,000,Bear market; Luna/FTX collapse

2023,$16,000 โ†’ $42,000,Recovery begins, ETF rumors swirl ๐Ÿ“ˆ

2024,$42,000 โ†’ ~$73,000,BTC ETFs approved โœ…; all-time high reset

2025 (Now),~$70,000+,Bull market continues? ๐Ÿ“Š

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