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Ethereum Price in 2020

In 2020, the price of ethereum averaged $308.00 per coin, up 70.2% from the year before. This page covers the 2020 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that ethereum would be worth in today's dollars.

2020 Average

$308.00

Annual average of daily closes

Change vs 2019

+70.2%

from $181.00 in 2019

What happened to the ethereum price in 2020

Ethereum averaged $308.00 per coin in 2020, surging 70.2% from the $181.00 average of 2019. Annual moves of that size are rare and put 2020 among the most explosive years in the asset's modern history. The defining story of 2020: DeFi Summer drove ETH gas demand; ETH2 Beacon Chain went live Dec 1, 2020; price climbed from ~$130 to a year-end ~$730..

The 2020s made Ethereum a core financial platform. DeFi Summer and the NFT boom drove the run to a record near $4,800 in 2021, the network completed its Merge to proof-of-stake in 2022, and US spot ETFs arrived in 2024.

Adjusted for inflation, ethereum's 2020 average of $308.00 equals about $384 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 2020?
Ethereum averaged $308.00 per coin in 2020, based on annual average data from daily closing prices. That average was up 70.2% from $181.00 in 2019.
What is a 2020 ethereum price worth in today's dollars?
Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, ethereum's 2020 average of $308.00 works out to roughly $384 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 2020?
The defining story of 2020: DeFi Summer drove ETH gas demand; ETH2 Beacon Chain went live Dec 1, 2020; price climbed from ~$130 to a year-end ~$730.. Against that backdrop, the annual average climbed 70.2%, from $181.00 in 2019 to $308.00.

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.