Bitcoin YearsMay 2016 Bitcoin price in May 2016
Bitcoin opened May 2016 at about $451.88. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $451.88
- Change on previous month
- +8.1%
- Change on a year earlier
- +95%
The price in context
On May 1, 2016, Bitcoin was priced at about $451.88. That is up 8.1% from April, when it started the month at $417.96.
In 2016, first-of-month prices ranged from $373.06 in February to $756.77 in December.
A year earlier, in May 2015, the price was $232.08, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 95%.
Twelve months later, in May 2017, the price was $1,422 (+215%).
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 172 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Craig Wright publicly claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The claim is widely rejected, and a UK High Court ruled in 2024 that he is not Satoshi. 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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