Year
Approx. BTC price shown
What happened
2009
<$0.01
Bitcoin network launched; the Genesis Block was mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.
2010
~$0.39
Bitcoin began developing a real market price. The famous Bitcoin Pizza Day happened when 10,000 BTC were used to buy two pizzas.
2013
~$13
Bitcoin experienced one of its first major mainstream price surges.
2017
~$13,880
The huge 2017 bull market brought Bitcoin into mainstream attention.
2021
~$46,300
Bitcoin reached major institutional adoption and eventually hit about $67,549 in November 2021.
2024
~$93,700
#btc $BTC
Approx. BTC price shown
What happened
2009
<$0.01
Bitcoin network launched; the Genesis Block was mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.
2010
~$0.39
Bitcoin began developing a real market price. The famous Bitcoin Pizza Day happened when 10,000 BTC were used to buy two pizzas.
2013
~$13
Bitcoin experienced one of its first major mainstream price surges.
2017
~$13,880
The huge 2017 bull market brought Bitcoin into mainstream attention.
2021
~$46,300
Bitcoin reached major institutional adoption and eventually hit about $67,549 in November 2021.
2024
~$93,700
#btc $BTC