Bitcoin YearsJanuary 2016 Bitcoin price in January 2016
Bitcoin opened January 2016 at about $434.33. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $434.33
- Change on previous month
- +20%
- Change on a year earlier
- +38%
The price in context
On Jan 1, 2016, Bitcoin was priced at about $434.33. That is up 20% from December, when it started the month at $362.49.
In 2016, first-of-month prices ranged from $373.06 in February to $756.77 in December.
A year earlier, in January 2015, the price was $314.25, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 38%.
Twelve months later, in January 2017, the price was $998.33 (+130%).
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 178 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Former core developer Mike Hearn announces he is leaving the project, calling Bitcoin a failed experiment amid the block-size dispute. More →
Price by month in 2016
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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