Bitcoin YearsAugust 2016 Bitcoin price in August 2016
Bitcoin opened August 2016 at about $606.27. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $606.27
- Change on previous month
- −10%
- Change on a year earlier
- +115%
The price in context
On Aug 1, 2016, Bitcoin was priced at about $606.27. That is down 10% from July, when it started the month at $676.30.
In 2016, first-of-month prices ranged from $373.06 in February to $756.77 in December.
A year earlier, in August 2015, the price was $281.60, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 115%.
Twelve months later, in August 2017, the price was $2,718 (+348%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 2 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 128 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Bitfinex loses 119,756 bitcoin. A hack can be survived. The blockchain never forgets where the coins went.
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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