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Bitcoin’s story is written in dates: the white paper, the genesis block, the first purchase, every halving, crash and record. Here is what happened on today’s date, and the full calendar below.
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The Bitcoin calendar
101 dated moments on 90 days of the year, from 2008 to 2026.
January
- Jan 32009The genesis block
- Jan 92014Overstock.com begins accepting Bitcoin.
- Jan 102024US spot Bitcoin ETFs approved
- Jan 122009The first Bitcoin transaction
- Jan 142016Former core developer Mike Hearn announces he is leaving the project, calling Bitcoin a failed experiment amid the…
- Jan 202025Donald Trump is inaugurated as US president, with digital-asset policy a stated priority of the administration.
- Jan 212023The first inscription is recorded under the Ordinals protocol, opening a new use of Bitcoin’s block space.
February
- Feb 62018The price falls to around $6,000, down about 70% from its December peak.
- Feb 72014The Mt. Gox collapse
- Feb 82021Tesla discloses a $1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase. In May it suspends accepting Bitcoin for car purchases, citing the…
- Feb 82022US authorities announce the seizure of about 94,000 BTC linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
- Feb 92011Bitcoin reaches $1
- Feb 242014Mt. Gox goes dark
- Feb 282014Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy protection in Japan, and roughly 850,000 BTC are reported missing.
March
- Mar 62014Newsweek names a California man as Satoshi Nakamoto. He denies it, and the claim does not hold up.
- Mar 62025The US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
- Mar 102017The SEC rejects the first proposed Bitcoin ETF, from the Winklevoss twins.
- Mar 102023Silicon Valley Bank collapses
- Mar 112013Bitcoin’s blockchain splits for a few hours
- Mar 122020Black Thursday
- Mar 132024Bitcoin sets a new all-time high of about $73,000, the first record to come before a halving rather than after one.
- Mar 162022The US Federal Reserve begins its rate-hiking cycle, tightening conditions for risk assets.
- Mar 182013The US Treasury’s FinCEN issues guidance explaining how money-transmitter rules apply to virtual-currency businesses.
- Mar 252014The IRS says Bitcoin is property
April
- Apr 12017Japan recognises Bitcoin as a payment method
- Apr 22019A sudden jump lifts Bitcoin from roughly $4,100 to around $5,000 within hours, ending months of low volatility.
- Apr 102013The price peaks near $260 and then falls by more than half within days.
- Apr 142021Coinbase lists on Nasdaq through a direct listing.
- Apr 202024The fourth Bitcoin halving
- Apr 232011Satoshi moves on
May
- May 22016Craig Wright publicly claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The claim is widely rejected, and a UK High Court ruled in 2024…
- May 72019Hackers steal about 7,000 BTC from the Binance exchange.
- May 92022The Terra and Luna collapse
- May 112020The third Bitcoin halving
- May 122021Tesla suspends Bitcoin payments
- May 222010Bitcoin Pizza Day
- May 292015Ross Ulbricht is sentenced to life in prison for operating Silk Road.
June
- Jun 32015New York finalises its BitLicense, the first comprehensive US state licensing regime for virtual-currency businesses.
- Jun 92021El Salvador’s Congress approves a law making Bitcoin legal tender. It takes effect on September 7.
- Jun 122022Lender Celsius freezes withdrawals, and hedge fund Three Arrows Capital and others follow into insolvency.
- Jun 152023BlackRock files to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust.
- Jun 182019Facebook unveils its Libra stablecoin plan, prompting scrutiny from regulators worldwide.
- Jun 192011Mt. Gox is hacked and the price hits one cent
- Jun 262019Bitcoin reaches about $13,800, its high for the year.
- Jun 272014Venture investor Tim Draper wins an auction for about 30,000 BTC seized from Silk Road by US Marshals.
July
- Jul 92016The second Bitcoin halving
- Jul 142025Bitcoin rises above $120,000 for the first time.
- Jul 182010Mt. Gox opens for Bitcoin trading
- Jul 182025The GENIUS Act, creating a federal framework for stablecoins, is signed into law.
- Jul 222014The Ethereum presale begins, opening a new chapter for programmable blockchains.
- Jul 302015The Ethereum network launches.
August
- Aug 12017Bitcoin Cash splits off
- Aug 22016Bitfinex loses 119,756 bitcoin
- Aug 52024The yen carry trade unwinds
- Aug 112020MicroStrategy announces its first Bitcoin purchase (about 21,500 BTC), starting the corporate-treasury trend.
- Aug 152010The day Bitcoin printed 184 billion coins
- Aug 182008The domain name bitcoin.org is registered, about two months before the idea is made public.
- Aug 242017SegWit activates
- Aug 292023A US appeals court rules that the SEC must reconsider its rejection of Grayscale’s ETF conversion.
September
- Sep 42017China bans initial coin offerings and soon orders domestic exchanges to close.
- Sep 72021El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender
- Sep 152008Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, the defining moment of the 2008 financial crisis and the backdrop to Bitcoin’s…
- Sep 222019Bakkt launches physically settled Bitcoin futures.
- Sep 242021China’s central bank declares cryptocurrency transactions illegal, after a spring and summer crackdown that sends…
- Sep 272012The Bitcoin Foundation is announced to support development and promote the protocol.
October
- Oct 12013The Silk Road shutdown
- Oct 52009New Liberty Standard publishes the first known exchange rate, 1,309.03 BTC per US dollar, based on the electricity cost…
- Oct 62025Bitcoin sets an all-time high of about $126,000.
- Oct 72011Litecoin launches, one of the first Bitcoin-inspired alternative coins.
- Oct 82020Square buys Bitcoin for its treasury
- Oct 102025The largest liquidation in crypto history
- Oct 192021The first US Bitcoin futures ETF, ProShares’ BITO, begins trading.
- Oct 212020PayPal announces that US customers will be able to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency.
- Oct 222015Europe’s top court rules on Bitcoin and VAT
- Oct 252019After China’s president speaks in favour of blockchain technology, Bitcoin jumps by roughly 40% in a single day.
- Oct 292013The world’s first Bitcoin ATM opens in a coffee shop in Vancouver.
- Oct 292026Binance loses $6.3 billion in a hot-wallet attack
- Oct 312008The Bitcoin white paper
- Oct 312015The Economist runs a cover story calling the blockchain a “trust machine.”
November
- Nov 52024Following the US presidential election, Bitcoin rallies on expectations of a more crypto-friendly policy environment.
- Nov 82017SegWit2x is called off
- Nov 102021Bitcoin’s 2021 record
- Nov 112022The FTX collapse
- Nov 142021Taproot activates
- Nov 152012WordPress accepts Bitcoin
- Nov 182013A US Senate committee hears testimony on virtual currencies in a hearing that is broadly receptive to Bitcoin.
- Nov 212022Bitcoin touches its cycle low of about $15,500.
- Nov 212023Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao plead guilty to US charges, and Zhao steps down as CEO.
- Nov 272013Bitcoin passes $1,000
- Nov 282012The first Bitcoin halving
- Nov 282017Bitcoin passes $10,000 for the first time.
December
- Dec 52010Satoshi asks WikiLeaks not to use Bitcoin
- Dec 52013China’s central bank bars financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, and the price slides.
- Dec 52024Bitcoin crosses $100,000
- Dec 102017Bitcoin futures launch in the US
- Dec 112014Microsoft begins accepting Bitcoin for digital content.
- Dec 122010Satoshi’s last forum post
- Dec 152018The year’s low of about $3,200 is reached, roughly 84% below the 2017 peak.
- Dec 162009Bitcoin v0.2 is released as the small community slowly grows.
- Dec 162020Bitcoin surpasses its 2017 record of nearly $20,000 for the first time.
- Dec 172017CME futures launch at the peak of the 2017 bubble