Bitcoin YearsJune 2011 Bitcoin price in June 2011
Bitcoin opened June 2011 at about $9.57. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $9.57
- Change on previous month
- +216%
- Change on a year earlier
- –
The price in context
On Jun 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $9.57. That is up 216% from May, when it started the month at $3.03.
That was the 4th 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 June 2012, the price was $5.27 (−45%).
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 8,100 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
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.
The price peaks near $30, then a security breach at Mt. Gox sends the exchange price crashing and shakes confidence. More →
Mt. Gox is hacked and the first bubble bursts. In the spring of 2011 Bitcoin went from obscurity to headlines. A magazine story about an untraceable internet currency sent new buyers flooding in, and on the Mt. Gox exchange the price climbed from under $1 to about…
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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