The complete price journey from $0.01 to six figures. Every rally, crash, halving, and milestone — all on one interactive chart.
This interactive Bitcoin price history chart covers the full BTC timeline from its first recorded trades in 2010 through to today. You can view the complete historical price in both linear and logarithmic scale — log scale is essential for visualising Bitcoin's early growth, where each percentage move was just as significant as today's multi-thousand-dollar swings.
Key events are annotated directly on the chart: the Mt. Gox hack in 2014, the first major speculative bubble in 2017, the COVID crash and recovery in 2020, the 2021 cycle top near $69,000, the FTX collapse in late 2022, the spot Bitcoin ETF approvals and fourth halving in 2024, and every Bitcoin halving in between. Halvings — which occur every 210,000 blocks and cut the block reward in half — have historically preceded major bull markets by 12–18 months.
Use the range controls to zoom into 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year windows, or view the entire all-time history. The chart loads live price data from CoinGecko and overlays hardcoded historical milestones for the early years (2010–2013) where API coverage is limited. All prices are in USD.
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Bitcoin's first recorded price was about $0.001 in October 2009. On exchanges, it first traded around $0.05 in July 2010 on the now-defunct Mt. Gox.
Bitcoin reached its previous cycle high of ~$69,000 in November 2021, then surpassed $100,000 in late 2024 following the spot ETF approvals and the fourth halving.
Supply and demand drive Bitcoin's price. Halvings reduce new supply every ~4 years. Institutional adoption, regulatory news, macroeconomics, and market sentiment all create volatility.
Roughly every 4 years (210,000 blocks), the reward miners receive is cut in half. This reduces new BTC supply and has historically preceded major bull runs. The most recent halving was in April 2024.
On a linear scale, early price history looks flat because the recent prices are so much higher. Logarithmic scale shows percentage changes equally, making the full growth trajectory visible from $0.01 to $100K+.
⚠️ Disclaimer: Price chart data is sourced from CoinGecko API with hardcoded fallback data for key milestones. Historical prices are approximate and may not reflect exact trading prices. Past price performance does not indicate future results. This chart is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.