Bitcoin YearsFebruary 2013 Bitcoin price in February 2013
Bitcoin opened February 2013 at about $20.35. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $20.35
- Change on previous month
- +53%
- Change on a year earlier
- +235%
The price in context
On Feb 1, 2013, Bitcoin was priced at about $20.35. That is up 53% from January, when it started the month at $13.30.
That was the 17th biggest one-month rise in our data since 2010, out of 196 months.
In 2013, first-of-month prices ranged from $13.30 in January to $948.00 in December.
A year earlier, in February 2012, the price was $6.08, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 235%.
Twelve months later, in February 2014, the price was $813.23 (+3,896%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 1 halving.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 3,809 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:
WordPress accepts Bitcoin. WordPress.com starts accepting Bitcoin for upgrades, one of the first well-known websites to take it as payment.
Bitcoin’s blockchain splits for a few hours. A software upgrade causes the blockchain to split in two. Developers and miners agree within hours to return to the older version, and the network carries on.
Price by month in 2013
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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