Bitcoin YearsMay 2011 Bitcoin price in May 2011
Bitcoin opened May 2011 at about $3.03. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $3.03
- Change on previous month
- +294%
- Change on a year earlier
- –
The price in context
On May 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $3.03. That is up 294% from April, when it started the month at $0.77.
That was the 2nd biggest one-month rise in our data since 2010, out of 196 months.
In 2011, first-of-month prices ranged from $0.30 in January to $15.40 in July.
Twelve months later, in May 2012, the price was $4.98 (+64%).
No halving had taken place yet.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 25,584 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Nearby in Bitcoin history
No major event is recorded on our site for this month. The closest ones:
Satoshi moves on. In one of the last known emails, Satoshi Nakamoto writes to a developer: “I’ve moved on to other things.” The project is left in the hands of the community.
Mt. Gox is hacked and the price hits one cent. An attacker uses a compromised account to dump bitcoin on Mt. Gox, and for a few minutes the price on the exchange falls to $0.01. Trading is halted.
Price by month in 2011
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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