Bitcoin YearsApril 2021 Bitcoin price in April 2021
Bitcoin opened April 2021 at about $59,096. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $59,096
- Change on previous month
- +19%
- Change on a year earlier
- +794%
The price in context
On Apr 1, 2021, Bitcoin was priced at about $59,096. That is up 19% from March, when it started the month at $49,631.
In 2021, first-of-month prices ranged from $29,374 in January to $61,004 in November.
A year earlier, in April 2020, the price was $6,607, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 794%.
Twelve months later, in April 2022, the price was $46,282 (−22%).
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 1.3 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
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Price by month in 2021
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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