Ethereum Price in 2016

In 2016, the price of ethereum averaged $9.80 per coin, up 988.9% from the year before. This page covers the 2016 average, the events that moved the market, and what that ethereum would be worth in today's dollars.

2016 Average

$9.80

Annual average of daily closes

Change vs 2015

+988.9%

from $0.90 in 2015

Ethereum Price Chart, 2015 to 2025

Annual average ethereum price per coin, 2015 to 2025, with 2016 marked. Log scale: each gridline is 100 times the one below.

What happened to the ethereum price in 2016

Ethereum averaged $9.80 per coin in 2016, surging 988.9% from the $0.90 average of 2015. Annual moves of that size are rare and put 2016 among the most explosive years in the asset's modern history. The defining story of 2016: The DAO peaked near $21 (mid-June); DAO hack (June 17) drained ~3.6M ETH and roughly halved the price to ~$11; July hard fork split off Ethereum Classic; year-end ~$8.

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 2016 average of $9.80 equals about $13 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 2016?

Ethereum averaged $9.80 per coin in 2016, based on annual average data from daily closing prices. That average was up 988.9% from $0.90 in 2015.

What is a 2016 ethereum price worth in today's dollars?

Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, ethereum's 2016 average of $9.80 works out to roughly $13 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 2016?

The defining story of 2016: The DAO peaked near $21 (mid-June); DAO hack (June 17) drained ~3.6M ETH and roughly halved the price to ~$11; July hard fork split off Ethereum Classic; year-end ~$8. Against that backdrop, the annual average climbed 988.9%, from $0.90 in 2015 to $9.80.

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.