Bitcoin YearsMay 2014 Bitcoin price in May 2014
Bitcoin opened May 2014 at about $460.97. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $460.97
- Change on previous month
- −3.9%
- Change on a year earlier
- +295%
The price in context
On May 1, 2014, Bitcoin was priced at about $460.97. That is down 3.9% from April, when it started the month at $479.46.
In 2014, first-of-month prices ranged from $325.75 in November to $813.23 in February.
A year earlier, in May 2013, the price was $116.75, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 295%.
Twelve months later, in May 2015, the price was $232.08 (−50%).
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 168 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:
Newsweek names a California man as Satoshi Nakamoto. He denies it, and the claim does not hold up. More →
Venture investor Tim Draper wins an auction for about 30,000 BTC seized from Silk Road by US Marshals. More →
Price by month in 2014
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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