Bitcoin YearsJanuary 2020 Bitcoin price in January 2020
Bitcoin opened January 2020 at about $7,200. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $7,200
- Change on previous month
- −3.0%
- Change on a year earlier
- +87%
The price in context
On Jan 1, 2020, Bitcoin was priced at about $7,200. That is down 3.0% from December, when it started the month at $7,424.
In 2020, first-of-month prices ranged from $6,607 in April to $18,803 in December.
A year earlier, in January 2019, the price was $3,844, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 87%.
Twelve months later, in January 2021, the price was $29,374 (+308%).
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 11 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:
After China’s president speaks in favour of blockchain technology, Bitcoin jumps by roughly 40% in a single day. More →
Black Thursday. On March 12, 2020, Bitcoin dropped by more than a third in a single day as markets worldwide sold off in the first panic of the pandemic.
Price by month in 2020
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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