Bitcoin YearsJanuary 2026 Bitcoin price in January 2026
Bitcoin opened January 2026 at about $88,732. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $88,732
- Change on previous month
- +2.8%
- Change on a year earlier
- −6.0%
The price in context
On Jan 1, 2026, Bitcoin was priced at about $88,732. That is up 2.8% from December, when it started the month at $86,322.
In 2026, first-of-month prices ranged from $60,004 in July to $88,732 in January. January was the highest monthly price of the year so far.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the price was $94,420, so over twelve months Bitcoin was down 6.0%.
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 4 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 0.9 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Bitcoin rallies to about $98,000 in mid-January, its high for the year so far. More →
Price by month in 2026
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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