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
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. 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
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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.