Bitcoin Price in 2017

In 2017, the price of bitcoin averaged $4,006.03 per coin, up 604.7% from the year before. This page covers the 2017 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that bitcoin would be worth in today's dollars.

2017 Average

$4,006.03

Annual average of daily closes

Change vs 2016

+604.7%

from $568.49 in 2016

2017 High

$20,089.00

from daily trading data

2017 Low

$755.76

from daily trading data

Year-End Close

$14,156.40

last trading day of 2017

Bitcoin Price Chart, 2010 to 2025

Annual average bitcoin price per coin, 2010 to 2025, with 2017 marked. Log scale: each gridline is 100 times the one below.

What happened to the bitcoin price in 2017

Bitcoin averaged $4,006.03 per coin in 2017, surging 604.7% from the $568.49 average of 2016. Annual moves of that size are rare and put 2017 among the most explosive years in the asset's modern history. Daily trading data shows bitcoin moved between a low of $755.76 and a high of $20,089.00 during the year, ending 2017 at $14,156.40. The defining story of 2017: Major bull run and ICO mania; year-end near $14k-19k with ATH ~$19,700 in December.

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 2017 average of $4,006.03 equals about $5,268 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

What was the price of bitcoin in 2017?

Bitcoin averaged $4,006.03 per coin in 2017, based on annual average data from daily closing prices. Daily prices ranged from a low of $755.76 to a high of $20,089.00, and the year closed at $14,156.40. That average was up 604.7% from $568.49 in 2016.

What is a 2017 bitcoin price worth in today's dollars?

Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, bitcoin's 2017 average of $4,006.03 works out to roughly $5,268 in today's dollars, using 2025 as the CPI base year. The conversion uses BLS CPI-U annual averages, so treat it as a close approximation rather than an exact figure.

What moved the bitcoin price in 2017?

The defining story of 2017: Major bull run and ICO mania; year-end near $14k-19k with ATH ~$19,700 in December. Against that backdrop, the annual average climbed 604.7%, from $568.49 in 2016 to $4,006.03.

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.