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Bitcoin Price History Statistics (2026)
Bitcoin closed at $84,760 on October 1, 2026, according to Coinbase daily closes published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. That is 32.0% below its record close of $124,720 on October 5, 2025. The price grew about 293 times from the first close of 2015, a compound rate of 62.3% a year, with 3 down calendar years since 2016.
Key takeaways
- Bitcoin closed at $84,760 on October 1, 2026, per Coinbase daily closes on FRED.
- The best calendar year was 2017, at +1,324%; the worst was 2018, at −73.4%.
- The record close is $124,720 on October 5, 2025; the price now sits 32.0% below it.
- Since the first close of 2015, bitcoin has compounded at 62.3% a year, a 293-fold gain.
- Bitcoin closed higher than the previous day on 52.1% of days since 2015, so day-to-day direction is close to a coin flip.
- Bitcoin has fallen at least 50% from a peak 4 times since November 2015, and the latest decline is still open.
What is bitcoin’s price history by year?
Bitcoin ended 2015 at $430.35 and 2025 at $87,696, according to Coinbase daily closes on FRED. The first year-end close above $10,000 came in 2017. It stands at $84,760 on October 1, 2026. Coinbase data begins December 1, 2014, so 2015 is the first full year.
1. Latest daily close: $84,760 on October 1, 2026
The series holds 4,288 Coinbase daily closes from December 1, 2014 through October 1, 2026, published as Coinbase Bitcoin (CBBTCUSD) on FRED. FRED lists the series as daily, seven days a week, with all data as of 5 PM Pacific time. (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026)
2. Year-end close rose from $430.35 in 2015 to $87,696 in 2025
That is a 204-fold increase across the ten years from 2015 to 2025. The gain was uneven: 7 of the 10 full calendar years from 2016 to 2025 ended higher. (WealthyBud data · 11 year-end closes, 2015-2025 · October 2026)
3. $973.37 to $13,863: the 2017 jump
Bitcoin closed 2016 at $973.37 and 2017 at $13,863, a +1,324% gain in one calendar year (WealthyBud data · 2 year-end closes · October 2026).
4. 2026 is −3.3% year to date
Through October 1, 2026, bitcoin is 3.3% below its $87,696 close on December 31, 2025. The year is incomplete, so this is not an annual return (WealthyBud data · 2 closes · October 2026).
| Year | Last daily close | Return vs prior year-end |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 (series starts Dec 1) | $340.00 | n/a |
| 2015 | $430.35 | +26.6%* |
| 2016 | $973.37 | +126.2% |
| 2017 | $13,863 | +1,324.2% |
| 2018 | $3,692 | −73.4% |
| 2019 | $7,158 | +93.9% |
| 2020 | $29,027 | +305.5% |
| 2021 | $46,245 | +59.3% |
| 2022 | $16,531 | −64.3% |
| 2023 | $42,301 | +155.9% |
| 2024 | $94,384 | +123.1% |
| 2025 | $87,696 | −7.1% |
| 2026 (to October 1, 2026) | $84,760 | −3.3% |
* The Coinbase series on FRED starts on December 1, 2014 and its last 2014 close is $340.00 on December 18, 2014, so the 2015 return is measured from that date. The 2026 figure is year to date through October 1, 2026.
What were bitcoin’s best and worst years?
2017 was bitcoin’s best full calendar year since 2016, with a +1,324% gain, and 2018 was the worst, at −73.4%. Across the 10 full years from 2016 to 2025, 7 rose and 3 fell. The median year returned +109%, so a typical year moved by well over 100%.
5. Best year: 2017, +1,324%
Bitcoin went from $973.37 to $13,863 between the 2016 and 2017 year-end closes (WealthyBud data · 10 full calendar years · October 2026).
6. Worst year: 2018, −73.4%
Bitcoin fell from $13,863 to $3,692 over 2018. The next-worst year was 2022, at −64.3% (WealthyBud data · 10 full calendar years · October 2026).
7. 3 of 10 full years were down; the median was +109%
The down years were 2018, 2022, 2025. The median is the middle annual return across the 10 years, which shows how large a typical year has been (WealthyBud data · 10 full calendar years · October 2026).
- 2015 set 5 new record closes.
- 2016 set 29 new record closes.
- 2017 set 79 new record closes and led all years.
- 2020 set 12 new record closes.
- 2021 set 20 new record closes.
- 2024 set 26 new record closes.
- 2025 set 14 new record closes.
What is bitcoin’s all-time high?
Bitcoin’s highest daily close in the Coinbase series is $124,720, set on October 5, 2025. CoinGecko lists a higher intraday all-time high of $126,080 on October 6, 2025, 1.1% above that close. The two differ because one counts a single daily closing price and the other counts the highest price of the day.
8. Record daily close: $124,720 on October 5, 2025
No other day in the 4,288-close Coinbase series closed higher. Bitcoin was 32.0% below that close on October 1, 2026, 361 days later (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026).
9. CoinGecko intraday all-time high: $126,080 on October 6, 2025
CoinGecko records an aggregated intraday high, not a closing price, so its high sits 1.1% above the Coinbase close and carries a later date. FRED's day ends at 5 PM Pacific while CoinGecko dates are UTC, and the high is aggregated across exchanges, not a single trade. Use the close for return math and the intraday high for the peak price traders saw (CoinGecko, October 2026).
10. 185 record-close days since 2015
A record-close day is one that closed above every earlier close in the series, counted here from January 1, 2015 (the 2 in December 2014 are left out). 2017 had the most, with 79, and records came in 7 different calendar years (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026).
11. Bitcoin’s first block is timestamped January 3, 2009
The genesis block carries a timestamp of 1231006505, which is 18:15:05 UTC on January 3, 2009, per the block record on mempool.space. The Coinbase daily series used here starts in December 2014.
12. The whitepaper was announced on October 31, 2008
Satoshi Nakamoto posted the paper link to the cryptography mailing list on Fri Oct 31 14:10:00 EDT 2008, saying “I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party,” per the list archive. The paper itself is hosted at bitcoin.org.
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How much has bitcoin grown since 2015?
Bitcoin closed at $288.99 on January 8, 2015, the first close of 2015 in the Coinbase series, and at $84,760 on October 1, 2026. That is a 293-fold gain over 11.7 years, or a compound annual growth rate of 62.3%. The rate hides a path that included 4 drops of 50% or more after November 2015.
13. Compound annual growth rate: 62.3%
WealthyBud’s calculation from the Coinbase series: ($84,760 / $288.99) raised to 1 divided by 11.73 years, less one. The start date is the first 2015 close because the series lacks a full January 1 observation (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026).
14. A 293x price gain in 11.7 years
An illustrative $1,000 held from January 8, 2015 to October 1, 2026 would be worth about $293,296 before taxes and fees. This is a past-price calculation, not a forecast and not a measure of what any investor earned.
15. Year-end closes passed $10,000 in 2017 and $50,000 in 2024
These are the first year-end closes above each level. Intra-year highs above a level do not count unless the December 31 close is above it. (WealthyBud data · 11 year-end closes, 2015-2025 · October 2026)
How often does bitcoin close higher?
Bitcoin closed higher than the previous day on 52.1% of 4,275 day-over-day comparisons since January 2015, and lower on 47.9%. The share by full year ranged from 46% in 2022 to 60% in 2017. Day-to-day direction is close to a coin flip, so the size of each move matters more than its direction.
16. Up days: 52.1% of closes since 2015
2,229 of 4,275 day-over-day comparisons rose, 2,046 fell and 0 were unchanged. WealthyBud counts only pairs of consecutive calendar days, because the early series has missing days (WealthyBud data · 4,275 day-over-day comparisons · October 2026).
17. Most up days in a full year: 2017, 60%
The fewest came in 2022, at 46%. Both are shares of the year’s consecutive-day comparisons (WealthyBud data · 10 full calendar years · October 2026).
How far is bitcoin from its peak now?
Bitcoin closed at $84,760 on October 1, 2026, which is 32.0% below its $124,720 record close from October 5, 2025. The decline reached 53.0% at its low on June 30, 2026. Earlier peaks took 189 to 1,080 days to recover.
18. Current drawdown from the record close: −32.0%
WealthyBud’s calculation: $84,760 divided by $124,720, less one. The record close is 361 days old (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026).
19. Deepest decline of 50% or more: −83.8%
Bitcoin’s close fell from $19,650 on December 16, 2017 to $3,183 on December 15, 2018. Episodes run from a peak until the price closes above it again. The table lists all 4 declines of 50% or more, counted from November 3, 2015, the first close above the December 2014 high (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026).
20. The latest decline reached 53.0% on June 30, 2026
From the October 5, 2025 peak, the close bottomed at $58,586; it has since recovered to $84,760, still short of the peak (WealthyBud data · 4,288 daily closes · October 2026).
| Peak close date | Peak close | Trough date | Trough close | Decline | Recovered | Peak to recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2017 | $19,650 | December 15, 2018 | $3,183 | −83.8% | November 30, 2020 | 1,080 days |
| April 13, 2021 | $63,661 | July 20, 2021 | $29,789 | −53.2% | October 19, 2021 | 189 days |
| November 8, 2021 | $67,510 | November 21, 2022 | $15,756 | −76.7% | March 4, 2024 | 847 days |
| October 5, 2025 | $124,720 | June 30, 2026 | $58,586 | −53.0% | Not yet | 361 days so far |
What this means for investors
For long-term holders, the 62.3% annual growth rate describes the past path, not a promise. It also includes 4 declines of 50% or more since November 2015, plus a sharp early-2015 fall in sparse data, so check whether you could sit through a drop like the 84% one in 2018.
For new buyers, the start date drives the result. A buyer at the October 5, 2025 close is down 32% on October 1, 2026, while a buyer at the January 8, 2015 close is up 293-fold. Spreading purchases over time is one way to reduce the risk of a poorly timed entry.
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