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Bitcoin (BTC) price: chart and year-by-year history

Bitcoin trades at $73,742 today. Its all-time high of $126,200 came in October 2025, leaving the price −41.6% against it. Below: a chart covering 9 years, each year's return and a month-by-month table.

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Price now
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24h volume
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Venues listing it
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Price chart

115 76459 5993 434
2017-082026-11

By year

YearOpenCloseChangeHighLowVolume
202687,64873,742 -15.9%97,92557,800 $411.4B
202593,57687,648 -6.3%126,20074,508 $767.3B
202442,28493,576 +121.3%108,35338,555 $849.7B
202316,54242,284 +155.6%44,70016,499 $920.3B
202246,21716,542 -64.2%48,19015,476 $1199.4B
202128,92446,217 +59.8%69,00028,130 $1154.4B
20207,19528,924 +302.0%29,3003,782 $286.5B
20193,7037,195 +94.3%13,9703,350 $121.4B
201813,7163,703 -73.0%17,1763,156 $95.8B
20174,72513,716 +190.3%19,7992,817 $7.3B

Monthly returns

Year JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026-10.2-14.9+2.0+11.8-3.5-20.4+7.3+25.0+6.4-7.2-4.9—
2025+9.5-17.7-2.1+14.1+11.1+2.4+8.0-6.5+5.4-3.9-17.6-3.0
2024+0.7+43.6+16.6-14.9+11.3-7.1+3.0-8.7+7.4+11.0+37.2-2.9
2023+39.8+0.1+23.0+2.7-6.9+12.0-4.1-11.3+3.9+28.5+8.9+12.1
2022-16.8+12.2+5.4-17.3-15.5-37.3+16.8-13.9-3.1+5.5-16.2-3.6
2021+14.4+36.4+30.1-1.8-35.4-5.9+18.3+13.6-7.0+39.9-7.1-18.8
2020+30.0-8.9-24.8+34.5+9.6-3.3+24.0+2.8-7.5+28.0+42.8+46.9
2019-7.3+11.1+7.6+29.7+60.8+26.9-7.1-4.9-13.5+10.3-17.5-4.6
2018-25.0+0.4-33.0+33.5-19.0-14.6+21.0-9.3-5.5-3.8-36.6-8.4
2017————————-7.3+47.6+52.2+39.4
Average+3.99+6.99+2.89+10.39+1.49-5.39+9.79-1.59-2.110+15.610+4.110+6.39

Last 12 months

MonthCloseChangeHighLowVolume
2026-1173,742 -4.9%81,196 72,727$12.3B
2026-1077,582 -7.2%87,220 76,326$36.8B
2026-0983,624 +6.4%87,396 74,968$37.9B
2026-0878,581 +25.0%81,479 62,275$33.6B
2026-0762,888 +7.3%66,956 57,800$31.6B
2026-0658,625 -20.4%74,092 58,115$40.0B
2026-0573,674 -3.5%82,850 72,513$33.2B
2026-0476,347 +11.8%79,486 65,712$34.8B
2026-0368,285 +2.0%76,000 65,000$49.3B
2026-0266,973 -14.9%79,424 60,000$57.8B
2026-0178,741 -10.2%97,925 75,720$44.1B
2025-1287,648 —94,589 83,823$43.8B

Where it trades

The price at each venue right now. The cheapest and dearest are marked.

Coinstorecoinstorecheapest71457.81—BloFinblofin71470.25+0.02%BitgetBitget71474.63+0.02%GateGate71474.95+0.02%Crypto.comcryptocom71476.93+0.02%OKXOKX71479.25+0.03%CoinWcoinw71479.75+0.03%BinanceBinance71480.01+0.03%XT.comxt71480.01+0.03%Pionexpionex71480.01+0.03%ToobitToobit71480.01+0.03%WEEXWEEX71480.00+0.03%BingXBingX71480.02+0.03%Deepcoindeepcoin71480.00+0.03%Ourbitourbit71482.01+0.03%Hotcoinhotcoin71482.01+0.03%WhiteBITWhiteBIT71483.57+0.03%HTXHTX71486.74+0.04%MEXCMEXC71487.01+0.04%BybitBybit71489.55+0.04%Zoomexzoomex71489.55+0.04%KuCoinKuCoin71491.65+0.04%BigONEbigone71486.62+0.05%PhemexPhemex71490.00+0.06%HIBThibt71504.01+0.06%KCEXkcex71525.51+0.09%Bitunixbitunixdearest71559.05+0.14%xRocketxrocket71545.95+0.36%

Where it can be moved

A transfer only works where one venue has withdrawals open, the other accepts deposits, and both run the same chain. The table groups that by chain — pick the row holding both of your exchanges.

ChainWithdrawal openDeposit open
BitcoinKuCoin, Bitget, Gate, HTXKuCoin, Bitget, Gate, HTX
BNB ChainKuCoin, Bitget, GateKuCoin, Bitget, Gate, HTX
KCCKuCoinKuCoin
SolanaHTXHTX
TronHTXHTX
Trc20wbtcHTXHTX
EthereumHTXHTX

Contract addresses — check before you transfer: the same ticker covers different tokens on different venues.

BNB Chain0x7130d2a12b9bcbfae4f2634d864a1ee1ce3ead9c 7130d2a12b9bcbfae4f2634d864a1ee1ce3ead9c
KCC0xfa93c12cd345c658bc4644d1d4e1b9615952258c
Arbitrum0x2f2a2543b76a4166549f7aab2e75bef0aefc5b0f
Base0xcbb7c0000ab88b473b1f5afd9ef808440eed33bf
Solana5xzw2lktyrfvfiskj78ampackrjpcycif1whuspduvqq
Trontn3w4h6rk2ce4vx9ynfqhwkennhjoxb3m9
Trc20wbtctyhwwkpw43enfwbtgpzlhn3882f2au7smi
Ethereum0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599

Bitcoin between its floor and its ceiling

Bitcoin trades at $73,742. The high of $126,200 came in October 2025, the low of $2,817 in September 2017. The price sits between those edges, −41.6% from the upper one.

From low to high

Bitcoin (BTC) price high and low

Over 9 years the price of Bitcoin has moved between $2,817 and $126,200. The low came in September 2017, the high in October 2025. From the bottom the price has risen 26× — which is what someone would have made buying at the worst possible moment and holding to today.

The deepest BTC drawdown

The deepest fall on monthly closes was −75.0%: from the peak in December 2017 to the bottom in January 2019, taking 13 months. A useful number: it shows what holding through would have meant.

How long since the high

It has been 16 months since that high, and the price has not returned to it.

What the years show

Best and worst year for Bitcoin

The best full year was 2020 at +302%. The worst was 2018 at −73.0%. Of 8 full years, 5 closed up and 3 closed down.

Rising years outnumber falling ones — but the spread between the best and worst year matters more than the count: that is what tells you what to be ready for.

BTC price in 2026

The current year stands at −15.9%, ranging from $57,800 to $97,925.

Months: how many closed up

How many months BTC closed up

Of 110 closed months, 58 finished up and 52 finished down — 53% of months were rising ones. The average month returned +4.5%.

Strongest and weakest month for Bitcoin

The strongest month on record was May 2019 at +60.8%; the hardest was June 2022 at −37.3%.

Does BTC have a seasonal pattern

Which month Bitcoin rose in most often

On average BTC did best in October: +15.6% across 10 observations, 7 of them positive. It did worst in June: −5.3% across 9 observations.

Why the number of observations beats the average percentage

We print the number of observations next to the percentage for a reason. 10 observations is 10 observations: on a sample that size a pattern cannot be told apart from coincidence. Interesting to look at, not something to plan around.

How to use this

What these numbers do not say

Everything above is the past. It does not say where the price goes next, but it does show the range to be ready for: $2,817 to $126,200, with a drawdown of −75.0%.

Where to check the BTC price across exchanges

What is useful right now comes down to three things, all of them computed from live data rather than history.

The BTC price gap between exchanges

BTC costs different amounts on different exchanges, and that gap is visible in the cross-exchange scanner: it shows where the coin is cheaper and where it is dearer right now.

How much BTC you can actually buy at that price

Before a large purchase it is worth checking the order books — they show how much you can actually take at a given price, not just the best offer.

Moving BTC between platforms

And if the coin has to move between venues, the transfers section shows which network is cheaper.

How we count

Frequently asked

What is Bitcoin worth right now?
$73,742 as of the last refresh. The live price from the exchanges we cover is shown in the board at the top of the page and updates on its own.
What was the BTC all-time high?
$126,200 in October 2025. The price is currently −41.6% against that level.
Where does the data come from?
From the exchange's monthly candles: each month's close, high and low since August 2017. A closed month never changes, so the history ships ready-made and renders instantly while the live price is fetched separately.
Can I decide whether to buy from this page?
No. The page shows what has already happened. Past returns do not carry into the future, and no chart changes that.
Bitcoin arbitrageWhere bitcoin is cheaper and where it is dearer right now. And why arbitrage on it works differently from every other coin.

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