Bitcoin Price in 2015
In 2015, the price of bitcoin averaged $272.45 per coin, down 48.3% from the year before. This page covers the 2015 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that bitcoin would be worth in today's dollars.
2015 Average
$272.45
Annual average of daily closes
Change vs 2014
-48.3%
from $527.24 in 2014
What happened to the bitcoin price in 2015
Bitcoin averaged $272.45 per coin in 2015, collapsing 48.3% from the $527.24 average of 2014. The defining story of 2015: Bear-market bottom; price mostly $200-500; recovery began late in the year..
Bitcoin's 2010s took it from a fraction of a dollar to a global asset. After its first real pricing in 2010, it ran through the 2011 and 2013 bubbles, the Mt. Gox collapse and a multi-year bear market, and finally the 2017 mania that carried it near $20,000.
Adjusted for inflation, bitcoin's 2015 average of $272.45 equals about $371 in today's dollars. The conversion uses US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U annual averages, so treat it as a close approximation rather than an exact figure.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What moved the bitcoin price in 2015?
Annual figures are the mean of daily closing prices in US dollars; 2010 is a partial year from mid-July, when continuous pricing begins. Where daily data exists, the per-year high, low, and close come from MetalCharts historical data. Inflation adjustments use BLS CPI-U annual averages.