Bitcoin YearsApril 2020 Bitcoin price in April 2020
Bitcoin opened April 2020 at about $6,607. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $6,607
- Change on previous month
- −23%
- Change on a year earlier
- +59%
The price in context
On Apr 1, 2020, Bitcoin was priced at about $6,607. That is down 23% from March, when it started the month at $8,562.
That was the 13th biggest one-month fall in our data since 2010, out of 196 months.
In 2020, first-of-month prices ranged from $6,607 in April to $18,803 in December. April was the lowest monthly price of the year.
A year earlier, in April 2019, the price was $4,158, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 59%.
Twelve months later, in April 2021, the price was $59,096 (+794%).
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 12 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:
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.
The third Bitcoin halving. On May 11, 2020, at block 630,000, the block reward fell from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC.
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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