2010 Bitcoin price

In February of 2011 , BTC reached $1.00, achieving parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time. Months later, the price of BTC reached $10 and then quickly soared to $30 on the Mt. Gox exchange. Bitcoin had risen 100x from the year’s starting price of about $0.30.

As the market valuation of the total stock of bitcoins approached US$1 billion, some commentators called bitcoin prices a bubble. In early April 2013 , the price per bitcoin dropped from $266 to around $50 and then rose to around $100.

Still, the digital asset is down about 20% year to date, and roughly 40% below its all-time high hit in November. That means that an investor who had put $1,000 in bitcoin at the start of the year would have about $780 in their account right now after just a few weeks of holding the volatile asset.