Bitcoin Price in 2018

In 2018, the price of bitcoin averaged $7,572.91 per coin, up 89.0% from the year before. This page covers the 2018 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that bitcoin would be worth in today's dollars.

2018 Average

$7,572.91

Annual average of daily closes

Change vs 2017

+89.0%

from $4,006.03 in 2017

2018 High

$17,712.40

from daily trading data

2018 Low

$3,191.30

from daily trading data

Year-End Close

$3,742.70

last trading day of 2018

Bitcoin Price Chart, 2010 to 2025

Annual average bitcoin price per coin, 2010 to 2025, with 2018 marked. Log scale: each gridline is 100 times the one below.

What happened to the bitcoin price in 2018

Bitcoin averaged $7,572.91 per coin in 2018, surging 89.0% from the $4,006.03 average of 2017. Annual moves of that size are rare and put 2018 among the most explosive years in the asset's modern history. Daily trading data shows bitcoin moved between a low of $3,191.30 and a high of $17,712.40 during the year, ending 2018 at $3,742.70. The defining story of 2018: Crypto-winter crash; fell from ~$17k toward ~$3,700 by year-end.

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 2018 average of $7,572.91 equals about $9,720 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 2018?

Bitcoin averaged $7,572.91 per coin in 2018, based on annual average data from daily closing prices. Daily prices ranged from a low of $3,191.30 to a high of $17,712.40, and the year closed at $3,742.70. That average was up 89.0% from $4,006.03 in 2017.

What is a 2018 bitcoin price worth in today's dollars?

Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, bitcoin's 2018 average of $7,572.91 works out to roughly $9,720 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 2018?

The defining story of 2018: Crypto-winter crash; fell from ~$17k toward ~$3,700 by year-end. Against that backdrop, the annual average climbed 89.0%, from $4,006.03 in 2017 to $7,572.91.

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.