Bitcoin Price in 2019
In 2019, the price of bitcoin averaged $7,395.25 per coin, down 2.3% from the year before. This page covers the 2019 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that bitcoin would be worth in today's dollars.
2019 Average
$7,395.25
Annual average of daily closes
Change vs 2018
-2.3%
from $7,572.91 in 2018
What happened to the bitcoin price in 2019
Bitcoin averaged $7,395.25 per coin in 2019, down 2.3% from $7,572.91 the year before. The notable development of 2019: Partial recovery; mid-year peak near $13k then faded to ~$7k..
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 2019 average of $7,395.25 equals about $9,321 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 2019?
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.