Bitcoin YearsAugust 2015 Bitcoin price in August 2015
Bitcoin opened August 2015 at about $281.60. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $281.60
- Change on previous month
- +8.9%
- Change on a year earlier
- −53%
The price in context
On Aug 1, 2015, Bitcoin was priced at about $281.60. That is up 8.9% from July, when it started the month at $258.62.
In 2015, first-of-month prices ranged from $222.93 in June to $362.49 in December.
A year earlier, in August 2014, the price was $598.20, so over twelve months Bitcoin was down 53%.
Twelve months later, in August 2016, the price was $606.27 (+115%).
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 275 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
The Bitcoin XT proposal intensifies the debate over raising the block-size limit. More →
Price by month in 2015
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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