Bitcoin YearsMarch 2013 Bitcoin price in March 2013
Bitcoin opened March 2013 at about $34.55. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $34.55
- Change on previous month
- +70%
- Change on a year earlier
- +602%
The price in context
On Mar 1, 2013, Bitcoin was priced at about $34.55. That is up 70% from February, when it started the month at $20.35.
That was the 9th 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 March 2012, the price was $4.92, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 602%.
Twelve months later, in March 2014, the price was $567.47 (+1,542%).
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 2,244 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
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.
The US Treasury’s FinCEN issues guidance explaining how money-transmitter rules apply to virtual-currency businesses. More →
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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