Bitcoin YearsDecember 2018 Bitcoin price in December 2018
Bitcoin opened December 2018 at about $4,215. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $4,215
- Change on previous month
- −34%
- Change on a year earlier
- −62%
The price in context
On Dec 1, 2018, Bitcoin was priced at about $4,215. That is down 34% from November, when it started the month at $6,378.
That was the 8th 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. December was the lowest monthly price of the year.
A year earlier, in December 2017, the price was $10,976, so over twelve months Bitcoin was down 62%.
Twelve months later, in December 2019, the price was $7,424 (+76%).
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 18 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
The year’s low of about $3,200 is reached, roughly 84% below the 2017 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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