Bitcoin YearsDecember 2016 Bitcoin price in December 2016
Bitcoin opened December 2016 at about $756.77. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $756.77
- Change on previous month
- +3.7%
- Change on a year earlier
- +109%
The price in context
On Dec 1, 2016, Bitcoin was priced at about $756.77. That is up 3.7% from November, when it started the month at $729.79.
In 2016, first-of-month prices ranged from $373.06 in February to $756.77 in December. December was the highest monthly price of the year.
A year earlier, in December 2015, the price was $362.49, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 109%.
Twelve months later, in December 2017, the price was $10,976 (+1,350%).
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 102 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Bitcoin closes in on $1,000 again, having more than doubled during the year. 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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