Bitcoin's price history (2009 - 2025) – key events and insights

A retail frenzy drove prices from under $1,000 in January to nearly $20,000 by December 2017.

By February 2011, Bitcoin reached parity with the US dollar ($1.00) . It saw its first major rally to over $30 that June before a "flash crash" on the Mt. Gox exchange dropped it back to pennies. Mainstream Awakening (2013–2019): Booms and Busts

In October 2009, one dollar was equivalent to 1,309.03 Bitcoins .