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, high, low, and year-end close, 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

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.