Bitcoin YearsJuly 2011 Bitcoin price in July 2011
Bitcoin opened July 2011 at about $15.40. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $15.40
- Change on previous month
- +61%
- Change on a year earlier
- +17,011%
The price in context
On Jul 1, 2011, Bitcoin was priced at about $15.40. That is up 61% from June, when it started the month at $9.57.
That was the 12th 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. July was the highest monthly price of the year.
A year earlier, in July 2010, the price was $0.09, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 17,011%.
Twelve months later, in July 2012, the price was $6.63 (−57%).
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 5,034 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:
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.
Litecoin launches, one of the first Bitcoin-inspired alternative coins. More →
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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