Bitcoin YearsJanuary 2018 Bitcoin price in January 2018
Bitcoin opened January 2018 at about $13,657. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $13,657
- Change on previous month
- +24%
- Change on a year earlier
- +1,268%
The price in context
On Jan 1, 2018, Bitcoin was priced at about $13,657. That is up 24% from December, when it started the month at $10,976.
In 2018, first-of-month prices ranged from $4,215 in December to $13,657 in January. January was the highest monthly price of the year.
A year earlier, in January 2017, the price was $998.33, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 1,268%.
Twelve months later, in January 2019, the price was $3,844 (−72%).
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 5.7 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
Nearby in Bitcoin history
No major event is recorded on our site for this month. The closest ones:
Bitcoin futures launch in the US. In December 2017, the Cboe and then the CME began trading Bitcoin futures, the first regulated US derivatives on Bitcoin.
The price falls to around $6,000, down about 70% from its December peak. More →
Price by month in 2018
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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