Bitcoin Price History.
Bitcoin in Time charts BTC/USD from the first published rate to the latest trade.
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Key moments in Bitcoin price history
How to read the BTC/USD chart
Use Date to look up Bitcoin’s price in US dollars on a specific day. Add an hour for the hourly closing price, where records are available. All times are in UTC. On the full-history chart, equal vertical distances represent equal price ratios.
The timeline begins with Bitcoin’s launch in 2009 and marks the earliest published exchange rate in the archive. Daily history comes from Coin Metrics, with closing prices from Bitstamp and Coinbase. The live quote shows the latest Coinbase BTC/USD trade. Gaps mark periods with missing records.
Historical Bitcoin prices by date
These records show how BTC/USD changed across different market cycles. Daily reference prices may differ from intraday highs.
| Date (UTC) | BTC price | Record type |
|---|---|---|
| $0.000764 | Published exchange rate | |
| $19,250.47 | Daily reference price | |
| $4,959.31 | Daily reference price | |
| $64,756.08 | Daily reference price | |
| $96,949.66 | Daily reference price |
