Bitcoin YearsFebruary 2018 Bitcoin price in February 2018
Bitcoin opened February 2018 at about $9,171. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $9,171
- Change on previous month
- −33%
- Change on a year earlier
- +827%
The price in context
On Feb 1, 2018, Bitcoin was priced at about $9,171. That is down 33% from January, when it started the month at $13,657.
That was the 10th biggest one-month fall in our data since 2010, out of 196 months.
In 2018, first-of-month prices ranged from $4,215 in December to $13,657 in January.
A year earlier, in February 2017, the price was $989.02, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 827%.
Twelve months later, in February 2019, the price was $3,488 (−62%).
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 8.5 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
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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