Ethereum Price in 2022

In 2022, the price of ethereum averaged $1,982.00 per coin, down 28.7% from the year before. This page covers the 2022 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that ethereum would be worth in today's dollars.

2022 Average

$1,982.00

Annual average of daily closes

Change vs 2021

-28.7%

from $2,779.00 in 2021

2022 High

$3,891.38

from daily trading data

2022 Low

$881.96

from daily trading data

Year-End Close

$1,195.68

last trading day of 2022

Ethereum Price Chart, 2015 to 2025

Annual average ethereum price per coin, 2015 to 2025, with 2022 marked. Log scale: each gridline is 100 times the one below.

What happened to the ethereum price in 2022

Ethereum averaged $1,982.00 per coin in 2022, sliding 28.7% from the $2,779.00 average of 2021. Daily trading data shows ethereum moved between a low of $881.96 and a high of $3,891.38 during the year, ending 2022 at $1,195.68. The notable development of 2022: The Merge to proof-of-stake completed Sept 15, 2022, amid a broad bear market (Terra/LUNA, Celsius, FTX collapses); ETH ended near $1,195-1,215.

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 2022 average of $1,982.00 equals about $2,182 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 2022?

Ethereum averaged $1,982.00 per coin in 2022, based on annual average data from daily closing prices. Daily prices ranged from a low of $881.96 to a high of $3,891.38, and the year closed at $1,195.68. That average was down 28.7% from $2,779.00 in 2021.

What is a 2022 ethereum price worth in today's dollars?

Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, ethereum's 2022 average of $1,982.00 works out to roughly $2,182 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 2022?

The defining story of 2022: The Merge to proof-of-stake completed Sept 15, 2022, amid a broad bear market (Terra/LUNA, Celsius, FTX collapses); ETH ended near $1,195-1,215. Against that backdrop, the annual average fell 28.7%, from $2,779.00 in 2021 to $1,982.00.

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.