Bitcoin YearsAugust 2020 Bitcoin price in August 2020
Bitcoin opened August 2020 at about $11,760. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $11,760
- Change on previous month
- +27%
- Change on a year earlier
- +13%
The price in context
On Aug 1, 2020, Bitcoin was priced at about $11,760. That is up 27% from July, when it started the month at $9,228.
In 2020, first-of-month prices ranged from $6,607 in April to $18,803 in December.
A year earlier, in August 2019, the price was $10,400, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 13%.
Twelve months later, in August 2021, the price was $39,975 (+240%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 3 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 6.6 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
MicroStrategy announces its first Bitcoin purchase (about 21,500 BTC), starting the corporate-treasury trend. More →
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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