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Bitcoin price history: year by year
How the price of Bitcoin did each year: where it started and ended, its high and low, its return and its deepest fall, and how far it is from its record.
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At a glance
| Last close | $80,300 26 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Record close | $125,303 06 Oct 2025 |
| From the record | -35.9% |
| Deepest fall from a high | -77.0% $67,758 on 09 Nov 2021 to $15,594 on 21 Nov 2022 won back on 08 Mar 2024 |
Year by year
Each year's first and last close, its highest and lowest price, its return and its deepest fall from a closing high. * this year so far.
| Year | First close | Last close | High | Low | Return | Deepest fall in the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | $88,268 | $80,300 | $97,942 14 Jan | $57,696 01 Jul | -8.4% | -39.8% |
| 2025 | $94,516 | $87,645 | $126,301 06 Oct | $74,394 07 Apr | -6.5% | -32.7% |
| 2024 | $43,606 | $93,697 | $108,389 17 Dec | $38,504 23 Jan | +120.5% | -27.9% |
| 2023 | $16,598 | $42,490 | $44,755 08 Dec | $16,457 01 Jan | +156.9% | -20.0% |
| 2022 | $46,917 | $16,537 | $48,227 28 Mar | $15,451 21 Nov | -64.2% | -67.5% |
| 2021 | $55,953 | $46,250 | $69,031 10 Nov | $28,318 19 May | no data | -49.3% |
The full numbers
Descriptive, not a forecast: what a price did in past years says nothing certain about the next one.
How to read it
- Return is the year's last close against the last close of the year before. The first year in the prices has none, because the year before is not here.
- High and Low are the highest and lowest prices reached in the year, with the day they happened.
- Deepest fall in the year is the biggest drop from a closing high to a later close within the same year.
- Record means the highest close in these prices, which start in the month shown. An earlier price may have been higher.
- The past says nothing certain about the next year. It describes the past and forecasts nothing.
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