A collection of ETH's historical highs and lows since its release, let's stand in awe of the market
2015
• Lowest point: $0.42 (October 21, 2015)
• Highest point: $1.24 (August 7, 2015, first trading day)
• Event: Ethereum is officially released.
2016
• Lowest point: $0.89 (January 2016)
• Highest point: $21.52 (June 17, 2016)
• Event: The DAO hacking incident, which led to a hard fork and the creation of Ethereum Classic (ETC).
2017
• Low: $7.98 (January 1, 2017)
• High: $774.69 (December 31, 2017)
• Event: Ethereum price breaks $100 for the first time and rises rapidly during the ICO boom.
2018
• Low: $83.05 (December 2018)
• High: $1,396.42 (January 13, 2018)
• Event: Crypto market crash known as the “Bitcoin crash”.
2019
• Low: $106.74 (January 2019)
• High: $361.40 (June 26, 2019)
• Event: Market recovers from the 2018 crash, and DeFi (decentralized finance) begins to rise.
2020
• Low: $105.84 (January 2020)
• High: $737.80 (December 2020)
• Event: The COVID-19 pandemic caused volatility in global financial markets and stimulated safe-haven demand for cryptocurrencies.
2021
• Low: $737.65 (January 1, 2021)
• High: $4,815.01 (November 9, 2021)
• Event: The outbreak of NFT (non-fungible tokens) and DeFi has driven the rapid rise in Ethereum prices.
2022
• Low: $896.11 (June 18, 2022)
• High: $3,876.79 (January 2, 2022)
• Event: Luna and TerraUSD collapsed, causing market panic and a sharp drop in prices.
2023
• Low: $1,073.91 (January 2023)
• High: $2,137.32 (April 2023)
• Event: FTX exchange went bankrupt, causing market volatility.
2024 (so far)
• Low: $3,038.40 (May 15, 2024)
• High: $4,293.56 (April 2024)
• Event: Spot Bitcoin ETF launched, boosting market sentiment.
