Ethereum Price in 2015

In 2015, the price of ethereum averaged $0.90 per coin in its debut partial year after the July 2015 mainnet launch. This page covers the 2015 average, the events that moved the market, and what that ethereum would be worth in today's dollars.

2015 Average

$0.90

Annual average of daily closes

Ethereum Price Chart, 2015 to 2025

Annual average ethereum price per coin, 2015 to 2025, with 2015 marked. Log scale: each gridline is 100 times the one below.

What happened to the ethereum price in 2015

Ethereum averaged $0.90 per coin in 2015, according to annual average data from daily closing prices. Ethereum's mainnet went live on July 30, 2015, so this is a partial first-year average. ETH listed on Kraken in early August near $2.77, then drifted below $1 for the rest of the year. The notable development of 2015: Ethereum mainnet (Frontier) launched July 30, 2015; ETH listed on Kraken Aug 7 at $2.77, quickly fell to ~$0.68 and drifted below $1, closing the year near $0.93.

Ethereum launched in 2015 and spent the rest of the decade establishing itself. The 2016 DAO hack and hard fork, the 2017 ICO boom that carried ETH toward $1,400, and the brutal 2018 crypto winter all defined its early years.

Adjusted for inflation, ethereum's 2015 average of $0.90 equals about $1.22 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 ethereum in 2015?

Ethereum averaged $0.90 per coin in 2015, based on annual average data from daily closing prices.

What is a 2015 ethereum price worth in today's dollars?

Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, ethereum's 2015 average of $0.90 works out to roughly $1.22 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 ethereum price in 2015?

The defining story of 2015: Ethereum mainnet (Frontier) launched July 30, 2015; ETH listed on Kraken Aug 7 at $2.77, quickly fell to ~$0.68 and drifted below $1, closing the year near $0.93. Ethereum's mainnet went live on July 30, 2015, so this is a partial first-year average. ETH listed on Kraken in early August near $2.77, then drifted below $1 for the rest of the year.

Annual figures are the mean of daily closing prices in US dollars; 2015 is a partial year from the July 2015 mainnet launch. Where daily data exists, the per-year high, low, and close come from MetalCharts historical data. Inflation adjustments use BLS CPI-U annual averages.