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

2019 High

$13,796.49

from daily trading data

2019 Low

$3,391.02

from daily trading data

Year-End Close

$7,193.60

last trading day of 2019

Bitcoin Price Chart, 2010 to 2025

Annual average bitcoin price per coin, 2010 to 2025, with 2019 marked. Log scale: each gridline is 100 times the one below.

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. Daily trading data shows bitcoin moved between a low of $3,391.02 and a high of $13,796.49 during the year, ending 2019 at $7,193.60. 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

What was the price of bitcoin in 2019?

Bitcoin averaged $7,395.25 per coin in 2019, based on annual average data from daily closing prices. Daily prices ranged from a low of $3,391.02 to a high of $13,796.49, and the year closed at $7,193.60. That average was down 2.3% from $7,572.91 in 2018.

What is a 2019 bitcoin price worth in today's dollars?

Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, bitcoin's 2019 average of $7,395.25 works out to roughly $9,321 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 2019?

The defining story of 2019: Partial recovery; mid-year peak near $13k then faded to ~$7k. Against that backdrop, the annual average fell 2.3%, from $7,572.91 in 2018 to $7,395.25.

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.